Academy sponsor led · Lancashire

Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School

3–11Ages
178Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
150290URN

Shore Road, Hesketh Bank, Shore Road, Preston, PR4 6RD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Inadequate

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.5 below Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

50 applications for 24 places · 291st of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

35%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate · 7 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes	Requires improvement
Personal development	Requires improvement
Leadership and management		Inadequate
Early years provision		Inadequate

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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 entry

2.1applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Lancashire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

50 applications · 24 places offered · 22 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
2021 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
2020 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
2019 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
2018 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
2017 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
2016 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
2015 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
2014 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school

This school
Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as Hesketh-with-Becconsall All Saints CofE School (URN 119566), 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	24	50	2.1	22	0.92
Sep 2025	14	33	2.4	14	1.00
Sep 2024	30	48	1.6	23	0.77
Sep 2023 *	22	47	2.1	22	1.00
Sep 2022 *	28	55	2.0	26	0.93
Sep 2021 *	26	53	2.0	26	1.00
Sep 2020 *	27	59	2.2	27	1.00
Sep 2019 *	23	54	2.4	20	0.87
Sep 2018 *	30	60	2.0	32	1.07
Sep 2017 *	27	51	1.9	27	1.00
Sep 2016 *	30	54	1.8	30	1.00
Sep 2015 *	28	66	2.4	28	1.00
Sep 2014 *	30	50	1.7	30	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 59% · Writing 71% · Maths 59% → all three 35% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard35%411th of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard59%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard6%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard59%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard0%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	35%	0%	102	101
2023/24
2022/23

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

Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE SchoolThis school
This school

Special measures Inadequate2023

2.1applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Tarleton Community Primary School
2.0 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

2.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School
2.7 km · Lancashire

2026

3.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
3.6 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Little Hoole Primary School
4.1 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Longton Primary School
4.7 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
5.0 km · Lancashire

Good2023

5.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton
5.1 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Banks Methodist School
5.2 km · Lancashire

2026

12.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 150290 · 888/2018
Trust: The Learning Together Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 233 pupils · 178 on roll
Free school meals: 12.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 February 2024
Replaced: Hesketh-with-Becconsall All Saints CofE School (URN 119566)
Address: Shore Road, Hesketh Bank, Shore Road, Preston, PR4 6RD
Local authority: Lancashire · West Lancashire

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