Longsands Community Primary School
Longsands Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9PS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Lang
- Constituency
- Preston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- URN
- 130261
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01772795676
About this school
Longsands Community Primary School is a community primary school in Preston. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 213 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Longsands Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 52% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 10% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 66% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 76% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 69% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
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 Longsands Community Primary 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 | 72% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 208 |
| 2023/24 | 212 |
| 2024/25 | 213 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Longsands Community Primary School compares
Longsands Community Primary School ranked 204th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 3.9% | 10.8% | 213 | — |
| Brookfield Community Primary School | 76% | 6% | 41.2% | 196 | 0.4 miles |
| Holme Slack Community Primary School | 52% | 8.6% | 55.1% | 199 | 0.7 miles |
| St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston | — | — | — | 196 | 0.7 miles |
| Preston Greenlands Community Primary School | 53% | 6.6% | 40.8% | 191 | 0.8 miles |
| Preston Grange Primary School | 48% | 6.5% | 49.2% | 183 | 0.9 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.8%
- English as an additional language
- 7%
- Overall absence
- 3.93%
- Persistent absence
- 8.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brookfield Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Holme Slack Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Preston
-
St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston0.7 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Preston Greenlands Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Preston Grange Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Preston
Other schools in Preston
Longsands Community Primary School ranks 53rd 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 ages does Longsands Community Primary School teach?
- Longsands Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Preston.
- Who is the headteacher of Longsands Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Longsands Community Primary School is Mrs Caroline Lang, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Longsands Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Longsands Community Primary 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 many pupils are at Longsands Community Primary School?
- Longsands Community Primary School has 213 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Longsands Community Primary School full?
- Longsands Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 213 on roll (101%), 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 Longsands Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Longsands Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Longsands Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Longsands Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Longsands Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Longsands Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Longsands Community Primary School ranked 204th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Longsands Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Longsands Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Longsands Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Longsands Community Primary 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 30 June 2026.