Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School
Emerson Road, Preston, PR1 5SN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fran Nickson
- Constituency
- Preston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 281
- URN
- 119354
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01772792083
About this school
Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School is a Methodist voluntary controlled primary school in Preston. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 281 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 66 | 68 | 71 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 37% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 1% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 66% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 57% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 63% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 276 |
| 2023/24 | 278 |
| 2024/25 | 276 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School compares
Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School ranked 348th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 5.4% | 39.5% | 281 | — |
| Ribbleton Avenue Infant School | — | 6.4% | 35.9% | 244 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston | 78% | 6.4% | 33.9% | 347 | 0.3 miles |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy | 42% | 6.7% | 28.6% | 415 | 0.4 miles |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston | 79% | 4.2% | 17.3% | 206 | 0.5 miles |
| Deepdale Community Primary School | 62% | 5.9% | 28.6% | 696 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 June 2026
- 18 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.49%
- English as an additional language
- 44.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.4%
- Persistent absence
- 12.79%
Location
Nearby schools
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Ribbleton Avenue Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Preston
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston0.3 miles
Primary · Preston
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St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Preston
-
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston0.5 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Deepdale Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Preston
Other schools in Preston
Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School ranks 84th of the 106 ranked primary schools in Preston.
- Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge Primary
- Ashton Primary School Primary
- Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brabins Endowed School Primary
- Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School Primary
- Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Brookfield Community Primary School Primary
- Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School Primary
- Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School teach?
- Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Preston.
- Who is the headteacher of Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School?
- The headteacher of Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School is Mrs Fran Nickson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School?
- Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School has 281 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School full?
- Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School has capacity for 280 pupils and 281 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School a faith school?
- Yes. Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School is designated Methodist.
- Does Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School rank locally?
- Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School ranked 348th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School's absence rate?
- Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 August 2026.