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Northbrook Primary Academy

  • 2–11Ages
  • 185Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 148039URN

Bannister Drive, Leyland, PR25 2GB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
close to Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

41 applications for 15 places · 140th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
66%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 28 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 1 May 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
2.7applications per place, Reception
close to Lancashire median (2.6) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

41 applications · 15 places offered · 14 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2023 5.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2022 5.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  5. 2021 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  6. 2020 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  7. 2019 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  8. 2018 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  9. 2017 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2016 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2015 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2014 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 5 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as Northbrook Primary School (URN 131674), the previous school.

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 202615412.7140.93
Sep 202522683.1210.95
Sep 20240360
Sep 20237395.660.86
Sep 20229455.0101.11
Sep 202112403.3110.92
Sep 2020 *22512.3130.59
Sep 2019 *30872.9270.90
Sep 2018 *25672.7230.92
Sep 2017 *24622.6200.83
Sep 2016 *28582.1210.75
Sep 2015 *30602.0240.80
Sep 2014 *15463.1120.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 76% · Maths 83% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard66%188th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard76%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard83%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2566%7%104103
2023/2456%0%105107
2022/2346%0%103102

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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148039 · 888/2009
Trust
Endeavour Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
285 pupils · 185 on roll
Free school meals
37.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 July 2020
Replaced
Northbrook Primary School (URN 131674)
Address
Bannister Drive, Leyland, PR25 2GB
Local authority
Lancashire · South Ribble

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources