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Community special school · Lancashire

Acorns Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 93Pupils
  • SpecialPhase
  • 135347URN

Moor Park, Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6AU · School website

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 7 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 7 January 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 2 November 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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.

School details

Type
Community special school
Phase
Not applicable
URN · DfE number
135347 · 888/7119
Capacity
70 pupils · 93 on roll
Free school meals
39.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2008
Address
Moor Park, Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6AU
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources