Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School, Preston
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Preston. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2014. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in January 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 11th-highest of the 106 schools in Preston with published results, and 1,036th of 14,452 across England. It was 99% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Outstanding (2014)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Lancashire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School in detail
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: ""At Ribby with Wrea, we understand the uniqueness of all our pupils and encourage them to fulfil their potential. God is at the heart of our loving, inclusive family."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, choir and cooking.
The school runs after-school care.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 95% of Year 6 pupils at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 96% in reading and 96% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School as their first choice and 68 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School are The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham (1.4 miles); Kirkham and Wesham Primary School (1.5 miles, Good, 70% reading, 70% maths); Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School (1.6 miles, Requires improvement, 81% reading, 78% maths); and Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, 50% reading, 25% maths).
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.
The Willows Catholic Primary School, KirkhamKirkham and Wesham Primary SchoolMedlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary SchoolWeeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
What parents say
46 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School (as of September 2025): 70% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).
Who goes there
11.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 12 pupils (7.9%) received SEN support and 7 (4.6%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Moss Side Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (opposite), 80 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 8 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).
Suspensions and exclusions
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from November 2014, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's January 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
This is a warm, family-friendly school where children feel cared for and safe. Reading is taught excellently through engaging initiatives and strong phonics, with almost all pupils becoming confident readers. The school creates well-rounded pupils through numerous clubs, sports competitions, music lessons, trips and meaningful charitable work that help them develop respect for others.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve well above national average in reading, writing and mathematics
- Strong phonics teaching helps almost all pupils become fluent, confident readers by Year 1
- Effective support for pupils with SEND enabling them to access learning
- Well-developed personal development including charity work, community involvement and online safety
- Wide range of extra-curricular activities and residential trips that boost confidence and learning
Areas for Improvement
- In some subjects, the school has not clearly identified the essential knowledge pupils need to learn or the right order to teach it
- Curriculum content in some subjects is not delivered in an effective, logical way which impacts pupil achievement
- School lacks sufficient insight into how well some curriculums are designed and delivered, and their impact on what pupils remember
- Curriculum evaluation activities are not effective enough to spot gaps in knowledge quickly
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with secure systems in place to identify and support vulnerable pupils.
Extracurricular Activities
Sporting competitions and clubs, school choir with local and regional performances, residential outdoor activity centre visits, river and coastal geography trips, halo group, junior leadership team, after-school club
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is a small primary school where pupils achieve significantly above average in reading, writing and mathematics. The school provides a caring family environment with good behaviour and personal development, though some curriculum subjects need stronger planning and delivery.
At a Glance
11.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
46 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 95% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 96% to 89% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 96% to 84% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
30.5
Avg class size
4
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Term dates
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is a voluntary aided school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Lancashire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is in Lancashire; for families living there:
- Lancashire's school travel policy: school transport policies
- How to apply: Apply for free home to school transport assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 10 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
149 pupils
150 places
1 spare place in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Preston
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Preston
Across Lancashire council
Places available
15,442
Applications
12,122
Got 1st preference
91.3%
Got preferred school
98.3%
All primary applications across Lancashire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(6)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
12
SEN Support
7
EHC Plans
12.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
152
Total Pupils
81
Boys
71
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
9
Teachers
16.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£52,402
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,281
Per pupil
£839k
Total funding
£23k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.0%
Overall absence
8.3%
Persistent absence
132
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
What are SATs results like at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
Of the pupils at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 95% reached the expected standard in reading and 89% did so in maths.
What is Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in November 2014, it was rated Outstanding.
What is the catchment area for Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is oversubscribed, Lancashire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 99% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
Classes at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School average 30.5 pupils (2025/26). 3 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School has around 152 pupils on roll. 11% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
4% of sessions were missed at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School in 2024/25. 8.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
Apply through Lancashire's coordinated admissions process, naming Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 10 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is at Dubside, Wrea Green, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2WQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)