Northbrook Primary Academy
Bannister Drive, Leyland, PR25 2GB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jillian Shorrocks
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Endeavour Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 285
- Pupils on roll
- 185
- URN
- 148039
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01772421599
About this school
Northbrook Primary Academy is a primary academy in Leyland. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 185 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 | 25 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 56% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 68% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 76% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 76% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 107.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
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 Northbrook Primary Academy 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 | 46% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 176 |
| 2023/24 | 188 |
| 2024/25 | 185 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Northbrook Primary Academy compares
Northbrook Primary Academy ranked 188th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 5.3% | 41.1% | 185 | — |
| Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School | 43% | 4.8% | 30.5% | 188 | 0.1 miles |
| Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School | — | 4.2% | 32.1% | 145 | 0.5 miles |
| Woodlea Junior School | — | — | — | 217 | 0.5 miles |
| Leyland Methodist Junior School | 46% | 4.2% | 15.7% | 252 | 0.7 miles |
| Leyland Methodist Infant School | — | 4.4% | 15.3% | 156 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.08%
- English as an additional language
- 9.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.31%
- Persistent absence
- 13.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Leyland
-
Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Woodlea Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Leyland
-
Leyland Methodist Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Leyland
-
Leyland Methodist Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Leyland
Other schools in Leyland
Northbrook Primary Academy ranks 9th of the 14 ranked primary schools in Leyland.
- Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School Primary
- Farington Primary School Primary
- Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School Primary
- Lever House Primary School Primary
- Leyland Methodist Infant School Primary
- Leyland Methodist Junior School Primary
- Leyland St James Church of England Primary School Primary
- Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Moss Side Primary School Primary
- Seven Stars Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Northbrook Primary Academy teach?
- Northbrook Primary Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Leyland.
- Who is the headteacher of Northbrook Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Northbrook Primary Academy is Mrs Jillian Shorrocks, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Northbrook Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Northbrook Primary Academy, 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 Northbrook Primary Academy?
- Northbrook Primary Academy has 185 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Northbrook Primary Academy full?
- Northbrook Primary Academy has capacity for 285 pupils and 185 on roll (65%), so it has space against 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 Northbrook Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Northbrook Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Northbrook Primary Academy a selective school?
- No. Northbrook Primary Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Northbrook Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Northbrook Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Northbrook Primary Academy?
- Northbrook Primary Academy is part of ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Northbrook Primary Academy have?
- The schools register lists Northbrook Primary Academy's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Northbrook Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Northbrook Primary Academy rank locally?
- Northbrook Primary Academy ranked 188th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Northbrook Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Northbrook Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Northbrook Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Northbrook Primary Academy'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 10 July 2026.