Schools in Preston

About schools in Preston

Preston lists 179 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 22 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at four sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

61%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 110 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

46.9

average Attainment 8 score, across the 24 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Stoneygate Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

Primary schools124

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Ashton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  20%

  expected standard
• Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  82%

  expected standard
• Brabins Endowed School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  90%

  expected standard
• Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Brookfield Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

• Catforth Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Clayton Brook Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  32%

  expected standard
• Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Cottam Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Coupe Green Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Deepdale Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Eldon Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11 · Due to close

  26%

  expected standard
• English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Fishwick Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Forton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Freckleton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  92%

  expected standard
• Frenchwood Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  39%

  expected standard
• Fulwood and Cadley Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Garstang Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  90%

  expected standard
• Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Harris Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  35%

  expected standard
• Higher Walton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Holme Slack Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Howick Church Endowed Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Ingol Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Kennington Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Kingsfold Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  30%

  expected standard
• Kirkham and Wesham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Lea Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 7

• Little Hoole Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Longridge Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Longsands Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Longton Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Lostock Hall Community Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Moor Nook Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  26%

  expected standard
• Nateby Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Penwortham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Pool House Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Preston Grange Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Preston Greenlands Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Queen's Drive Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Ribbleton Avenue Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7 to 11

  49%

  expected standard
• Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  30%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Samlesbury Church of England School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Scorton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Sherwood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• St Francis Catholic Primary School, Goosnargh

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brindle

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

• St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

• St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea Town

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chipping

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

• St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• St Stephen's CofE School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  14%

  expected standard
• St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Star Eldon Primary

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11 · Due to open

• Strike Lane Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Tarleton Community Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Preston

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  36%

  expected standard
• The Olive School, Preston

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• The Roebuck School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Treales Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  15%

  expected standard
• Weeton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  25%

  expected standard
• Whitefield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

• Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  75%

  expected standard

Secondary schools22

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• All Hallows Catholic High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  55.6

  Attainment 8
• Archbishop Temple Church of England High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  55.4

  Attainment 8
• Ashton Community Science College

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  44.6

  Attainment 8
• Broughton High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  59.3

  Attainment 8
• Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  46.1

  Attainment 8
• Carr Hill High School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  43.5

  Attainment 8
• Christ The King Catholic High School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  35.9

  Attainment 8
• Corpus Christi Catholic High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  50.2

  Attainment 8
• Eden Boys' School, Preston

  Free schools · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

  49.8

  Attainment 8
• Fulwood Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  41.4

  Attainment 8
• Garstang Community Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.8

  Attainment 8
• Hutton Church of England Grammar School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

  50.1

  Attainment 8
• Longridge High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.6

  Attainment 8
• Lostock Hall Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  47.6

  Attainment 8
• Moor Park High School and Sixth Form

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 18

  39.3

  Attainment 8
• Our Lady's Catholic High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  50.0

  Attainment 8
• Penwortham Girls' High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls

  52.9

  Attainment 8
• Penwortham Priory Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  43.2

  Attainment 8
• Preston Muslim Girls High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls

  56.2

  Attainment 8
• St Cecilia's RC High School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  46.2

  Attainment 8
• Tarleton Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  46.3

  Attainment 8
• Walton-Le-Dale High School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  33.1

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges4

• Cardinal Newman College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

• Lancaster University School of Mathematics

  Free schools 16 to 19 · Ages 16 to 19

• Myerscough College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Common questions about schools in Preston

How many schools does Preston have?

OfferDay lists 179 schools in Preston, including 124 primary schools and 22 secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Preston?

Every school in Preston is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Preston ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Preston where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 25 July 2026.