Latest Ofsted
Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
Inspection history
- 29 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade · as Applebee Wood Community Specialist School, URN 119880
- 8 February 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Applebee Wood Community Specialist School, URN 119880
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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.
School details
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 152064 · 888/7001
- Trust
- The Sea View Trust
- Capacity
- 169 pupils · 179 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- Applebee Wood Community Specialist School (URN 119880)
- Address
- Far Croft, Lostock Hall, Preston, PR5 5SS
- Local authority
- Lancashire · South Ribble
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources