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Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Lancashire

Brant Road, Preston, PR1 5TU

Website 01772792302

47

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

93.4%

18.8% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

191

Capacity used

Has space

74%

257 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

16 of 16 families who put it first got an offer

17

Places offered

46

Total applications

2.7

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference1616● 100%
2nd preference141● 7%
3rd preference120● 0%
Later preferences40● 0%
Total461737%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Natalie Barber
Address
Brant Road, Preston, PR1 5TU
Phone
01772792302
Local authority
Lancashire
Ward / constituency
Ribbleton · Preston
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
119230

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals41%——
English as additional language21%——
SEN support16%——
50% boys (95)50% girls (96)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

191 pupils · 257 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    21 February 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 181 pupils

Attendance

93.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

6.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

18.8%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

1.1%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.5%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

12%
20/21
17%
21/22
18%
22/23
14%
23/24
19%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths47%——
Higher standard9%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard58%
-4% vs England
Higher standard6%
-2% vs England

Reading

Expected standard65%
-10% vs England
Higher standard26%
-7% vs England
Average score104
-2 vs England

Writing

Expected standard61%
-11% vs England
Greater depth10%
-3% vs England

Maths

Expected standard71%
-3% vs England
Higher standard19%
-7% vs England
Average score104
-1 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard68%
-5% vs England
Higher standard19%
-11% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Science

Expected standard74%
-8% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

522019422023472024582025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)58%61%
Higher standard6%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.