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Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy

  • 5–11Ages
  • 191Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 137127URN

Lancaster Lane, Parbold, Nr Wigan, WN8 7HS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

72 applications for 32 places · 256th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
71%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 21 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Lancashire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

72 applications · 32 places offered · 35 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202632722.3351.09
Sep 202530642.1371.23
Sep 202425602.4251.00
Sep 202330692.3381.27
Sep 202222522.4210.95
Sep 202122492.2210.95
Sep 202029622.1291.00
Sep 201930722.4341.13
Sep 201830702.3301.00
Sep 201729632.2301.03
Sep 201630682.3361.20
Sep 201528602.1281.00
Sep 201430652.2301.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 94% · Writing 71% · Maths 87% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%123rd of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard94%
Higher standard35%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard71%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard87%
Higher standard32%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2571%10%107106
2023/2485%19%111108
2022/2377%23%109108

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

  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
137127 · 888/3451
Trust
Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 191 on roll
Free school meals
2.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Parbold Douglas Church of England Primary School (URN 119494)
Address
Lancaster Lane, Parbold, Nr Wigan, WN8 7HS
Local authority
Lancashire · West Lancashire

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