Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 5 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry17 applications · 10 places offered · 9 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.4
- This school
- Lancashire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 12 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 15 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 11 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 11 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 73% · Maths 82% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 73% | 9% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 9% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 70% | 10% | 104 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Samlesbury Church of England SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · LancashireRemains Good20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LancashireGood20222.6applications per place 26%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Lancashire20262.4applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20244.8applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Lancashire20252.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · LancashireRemains Good20243.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · LancashireGood20242.6applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119572 · 888/3590
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 70 pupils · 68 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Potters Lane, Samlesbury, Preston, PR5 0UE
- Local authority
- Lancashire · South Ribble
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources