North West
Primary schools in Lancashire
481 primary schools in Lancashire.
Ofsted among primary schools in Lancashire
Good243
Outstanding18
Requires improvement11
Inadequate5
No overall grade204
277 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 204 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 277
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 201
- Average days since inspection
- 877
- Framework mix
- 277 historic, 201 current, 3 none
Primary schools in Lancashire
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
Schools 1–150 of 481
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roughlee Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Nelson | Good 2022 | 100% | |
| Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ormskirk | No overall grade | 100% | |
| Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, ParboldVoluntary aided school | Wigan | Outstanding 2024 | 100% | |
| Gisburn Primary SchoolCommunity school | Clitheroe | No overall grade | 94% | |
| Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary SchoolCommunity school | Poulton-le-Fylde | No overall grade | 94% | |
| Crawford Village Primary SchoolCommunity school | Skelmersdale | Outstanding 2022 | 92% | |
| Crow Orchard Primary SchoolCommunity school | Skelmersdale | Good 2023 | 92% | |
| Newburgh Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wigan | Outstanding 2024 | 92% | |
| Freckleton Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2022 | 92% | |
| Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No overall grade | 91% | |
| Brabins Endowed SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Preston | Outstanding 2024 | 90% | |
| Burscough Bridge Methodist SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ormskirk | Report card 2026 | 90% | |
| Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No overall grade | 90% | |
| Helmshore Primary SchoolCommunity school | Rossendale | Good 2024 | 88% | |
| Eccleston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chorley | Good 2023 | 88% | |
| Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Nelson | Outstanding 2023 | 88% | |
| Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No overall grade | 88% | |
| The Olive School, PrestonFree schools | Preston | No overall grade | 88% | |
| Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ormskirk | Outstanding 2024 | 87% | |
| St George's Church of England Primary School, ChorleyVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Outstanding 2023 | 87% | |
| Sherwood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | No overall grade | 86% | |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-BrockVoluntary aided school | Preston | No overall grade | 86% | |
| Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Nelson | No overall grade | 86% | |
| Stanah Primary SchoolCommunity school | Thornton-Cleveleys | Good 2024 | 85% | |
| Dolphinholme Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Lancaster | Good 2024 | 85% | |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Upholland | Good 2024 | 85% | |
| Burscough Village Primary SchoolCommunity school | Ormskirk | Good 2024 | 83% | |
| Longton Primary SchoolFoundation school | Preston | No overall grade | 83% | |
| Longridge Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Report card 2026 | 83% | |
| New Longton All Saints CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No overall grade | 83% | |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School EuxtonVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Good 2024 | 83% | |
| Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Burnley | No overall grade | 83% | |
| Lytham Hall Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Lytham St Annes | Report card 2025 | 82% | |
| Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2023 | 82% | |
| Hambleton Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Poulton-le-Fylde | No overall grade | 82% | |
| Edisford Primary SchoolCommunity school | Clitheroe | No overall grade | 81% | |
| Whalley Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Clitheroe | Report card 2026 | 81% | |
| Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | CHORLEY | No overall grade | 81% | |
| Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Outstanding 2023 | 81% | |
| Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2023 | 81% | |
| St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, HelmshoreVoluntary aided school | Lancashire | Good 2024 | 81% | |
| St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, RawtenstallVoluntary aided school | Rossendale | Good 2023 | 81% | |
| Lomeshaye Junior SchoolCommunity school | Nelson | Good 2022 | 80% | |
| Abbey Village Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chorley | Good 2024 | 80% | |
| Howick Church Endowed Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Report card 2026 | 80% | |
| Edenfield Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bury | No overall grade | 80% | |
| Hoole St Michael CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Report card 2026 | 80% | |
| The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, LancasterVoluntary aided school | Lancaster | No overall grade | 80% | |
| St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, PadihamVoluntary aided school | Burnley | Good 2023 | 80% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BrindleVoluntary aided school | Preston | No overall grade | 80% | |
| Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Good 2024 | 79% | |
| Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Burnley | No overall grade | 79% | |
| Pool House Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Good 2022 | 79% | |
| Rishton Methodist Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Blackburn | No overall grade | 79% | |
| Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 79% | |
| Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ormskirk | No overall grade | 79% | |
| Rufford CofE SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ormskirk | Good 2024 | 79% | |
| Rivington Foundation Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bolton | No overall grade | 79% | |
| Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No overall grade | 79% | |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, LancasterVoluntary aided school | Lancaster | Outstanding 2024 | 79% | |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, PrestonVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2023 | 79% | |
| Moss Side Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leyland | No overall grade | 78% | |
| St James' Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleVoluntary aided school | Skelmersdale | Good 2023 | 78% | |
| Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ormskirk | No overall grade | 78% | |
| Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Leyland | Outstanding 2024 | 78% | |
| Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Accrington | No overall grade | 78% | |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Colne | No overall grade | 78% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, PrestonAcademy converter | Preston | Report card 2026 | 78% | |
| Nateby Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Ansdell Primary SchoolCommunity school | Lytham St Annes | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Little Hoole Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Report card 2026 | 77% | |
| Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | No overall grade | 77% | |
| Trawden Forest Primary SchoolCommunity school | Colne | Good 2023 | 76% | |
| Brookfield Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Good 2022 | 76% | |
| St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Skelmersdale | Good 2023 | 76% | |
| Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Morecambe | Good 2024 | 76% | |
| Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Poulton-le-Fylde | Good 2023 | 76% | |
| Brookfield Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Skelmersdale | Report card 2026 | 76% | |
| Forton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Good 2022 | 75% | |
| Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Lytham St Annes | Report card 2026 | 75% | |
| Garstang Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | Good 2023 | 75% | |
| Carleton Green Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Poulton-le-Fylde | Good 2024 | 75% | |
| Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Report card 2026 | 75% | |
| Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2022 | 75% | |
| Blacko Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nelson | Good 2022 | 75% | |
| Queen's Drive Primary SchoolCommunity school | Preston | No overall grade | 74% | |
| Holland Moor Primary SchoolCommunity school | Skelmersdale | No overall grade | 74% | |
| Cobbs Brow SchoolCommunity school | Skelmersdale | No overall grade | 74% | |
| Leyland St James Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Leyland | Good 2023 | 74% | |
| Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Lancaster | Report card 2026 | 74% | |
| St Catherine's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Leyland | Good 2023 | 74% | |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OswaldtwistleVoluntary aided school | Accrington | Good 2022 | 74% | |
| St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, NewchurchVoluntary aided school | Rossendale | No overall grade | 74% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ChorleyVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Good 2023 | 74% | |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary School, PrestonAcademy converter | Preston | Report card 2026 | 74% | |
| Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Accrington | Inadequate 2023 | 74% | |
| Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary SchoolCommunity school | Accrington | Good 2023 | 73% | |
| Waterfoot Primary SchoolCommunity school | Rossendale | Good 2022 | 73% | |
| Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Morecambe | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Delph Side Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Skelmersdale | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Great Wood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Morecambe | Good 2022 | 73% | |
| Penwortham Broad Oak Primary SchoolFoundation school | Preston | Good 2022 | 73% | |
| Shakespeare Primary SchoolCommunity school | Fleetwood | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Read St John's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Burnley | Good 2023 | 73% | |
| Barrow URC Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Clitheroe | Good 2024 | 73% | |
| Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and NurseryVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2024 | 73% | |
| Coppull Parish Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Good 2023 | 73% | |
| Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Lancaster | Report card 2026 | 73% | |
| Samlesbury Church of England SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Report card 2026 | 73% | |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, LongtonVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2023 | 73% | |
| Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Lytham St Annes | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Belthorn Academy Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Blackburn | Good 2024 | 73% | |
| Laneshaw Bridge PrimaryAcademy converter | Colne | Outstanding 2023 | 73% | |
| Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bury | Good 2024 | 72% | |
| Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Accrington | Good 2024 | 72% | |
| Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Chorley | Outstanding 2023 | 72% | |
| Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2024 | 72% | |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleVoluntary aided school | Skelmersdale | Good 2022 | 72% | |
| Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, WhitworthVoluntary aided school | Rochdale | Good 2024 | 72% | |
| Casterton Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Burnley | Good 2022 | 72% | |
| Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Burnley | Good 2023 | 72% | |
| Adlington Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chorley | Good 2023 | 71% | |
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Rochdale | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Blackpool | Good 2023 | 71% | |
| Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ormskirk | Good 2024 | 71% | |
| St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Accrington | Good 2022 | 71% | |
| St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Rossendale | Good 2023 | 71% | |
| Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Chorley | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Lancaster | Good 2022 | 71% | |
| Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Report card 2026 | 71% | |
| Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Poulton-le-Fylde | Good 2024 | 71% | |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst GreenVoluntary aided school | Clitheroe | Good 2024 | 71% | |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, LanghoVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Report card 2026 | 71% | |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OsbaldestonVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 71% | |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, HaslingdenVoluntary aided school | Rossendale | Outstanding 2024 | 71% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WithnellVoluntary aided school | Chorley | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Parbold Douglas Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Nr Wigan | Outstanding 2023 | 71% | |
| Ingol Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | PRESTON | Report card 2026 | 70% | |
| Moorside Primary SchoolCommunity school | Lancaster | Good 2023 | 70% | |
| Euxton Primrose Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chorley | Outstanding 2024 | 70% | |
| Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Morecambe | Good 2023 | 70% | |
| Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church SchoolVoluntary aided school | Burnley | Good 2023 | 70% | |
| Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2024 | 70% | |
| St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Lytham St Annes | No overall grade | 70% | |
| Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Carnforth | Good 2024 | 70% | |
| Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Preston | Good 2022 | 70% | |
| Salesbury Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 70% | |
| Mossgate Primary SchoolCommunity school | Morecambe | Good 2024 | 70% | |
| Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Chorley | Good 2023 | 70% |