Kingsfold Primary School, PRESTON

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In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils at Kingsfold Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 72% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Kingsfold Primary School as their first choice and 41 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Kingsfold Primary School are Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 80% maths); Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 94% reading, 68% maths); St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 81% reading, 74% maths); and Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham (0.7 miles, Good, 79% reading, 76% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Kingsfold Primary School.

50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Kingsfold Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Lostock Hall Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hawkesbury Drive (by), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Kingsfold 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 2024/25, Kingsfold Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 6.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Kingsfold Primary School are Penwortham Girls' High School (1 mile), All Hallows Catholic High School (1.1 miles), Lostock Hall Academy (1.4 miles) and Penwortham Priory Academy (1.5 miles).