Deepdale Community Primary School, Preston

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Deepdale Community Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have implemented effective systems to promote punctuality and support higher rates of attendance, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders use their skills effectively to design a curriculum that is well designed and logically sequenced."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have implemented an engaging and ambitious early years curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a positive culture where pupils with different needs are welcomed and supported to succeed, both academically and socially."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders use information about the school's strengths and weaknesses to inform their school improvement priorities."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a well-sequenced programme that supports pupils to learn about the wider world."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should fully embed the recent changes to their assessment systems in a small number of subjects so that teachers can more readily adapt and adjust future teaching activities based on this information. • Leaders should build on the strengths of their personal development programme to ensure that pupils have more varied opportunities to expand their interests and foster their talents so that they are even better prepared for the next stage of their education. • Leaders should further strengthen the quality of information that they provide to governors so that governors are even better equipped to hold the school to account for its work".

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Deepdale Community Primary School , a vibrant and inclusive school at the heart of Preston, Lancashire. At Deepdale, we are proud to serve a wonderfully diverse community, where every child is valued, nurtured, and encouraged to achieve their very best."

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Deepdale Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 84% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 66 families put Deepdale Community Primary School as their first choice and 132 named it as one of their preferences, for 75 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Deepdale Community Primary School are St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston (0.3 miles, Good, 86% reading, 90% maths); St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston (0.5 miles); Ribbleton Avenue Infant School (0.6 miles, Outstanding); and Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 58% maths).

Deepdale Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

28 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Deepdale Community Primary School (as of April 2026): 79% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 70% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (70%).

74.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (76%) and White British (5%).

In 2026, 98 pupils (14.1%) received SEN support and 16 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Preston Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Infants School (outside), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Deepdale Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 874 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Deepdale Community Primary School issued 11 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Deepdale Community Primary School are Moor Park High School (0.1 miles); Preston Muslim Girls High School (0.3 miles); Eden Boys' School, Preston (0.8 miles); and Archbishop Temple Church of England High School (1 mile).