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Schools in Preston

Preston has 179 schools listed on OfferDay. Its schools fall under Lancashire, Rochdale and Tameside.

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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

Sixth forms and colleges4

Special schools and alternative provision18

Independent schools8

Other establishments2

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.