Penwortham Primary School, Preston
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Penwortham Primary School creates a safe, happy environment where most children behave well and feel cared for. The school has made real improvements to attendance and has a strong phonics reading programme with well-trained staff. Parents are actively involved through reading cafes and workshops, and the school ensures all pupils can access trips and enrichment activities.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with an effective phonics programme and well-trained staff
- Improved attendance rates, especially for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND
- Effective safeguarding culture where concerns are actively identified and managed
- Leaders have successfully addressed issues from the previous inspection
- Positive behaviour and low suspension rates overall
Areas for Improvement
- Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND often do not achieve as well as they could, particularly in mathematics and writing
- Variable teaching quality means not all pupils make progress they are capable of, with inconsistent checking of prior learning
- Leaders do not ensure support strategies are used consistently or check their impact rigorously enough
- Some pupils with complex needs are not sufficiently engaged in their learning
- Teachers have varying confidence levels in meeting the differing needs of pupils in their classes
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Trips, visitors, leadership groups, reading cafes, workshops, school twinning with Gambia
Penwortham Primary School is an expected standard school where safeguarding is effective and most pupils feel safe and happy. However, achievement is a concern, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and disabilities who do not progress as well as they could.
At a Glance
10.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 87% to 68%. Maths has declined from 83% to 71%. Writing has improved from 70% to 79%.
Class Sizes
25.6
Avg class size
23.3
Infant (KS1)
30.3
KS2
8
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
96%
Near capacity
201 pupils
210 capacity
9 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Preston
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Preston
Admissions Demand - Lancashire
Places available
15,664
Applications
12,136
Got 1st preference
93.0%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Lancashire (2025/26)
Inspection History(7)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.08098%
Overall absence
15.84699%
Persistent absence
183
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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