Lea Community Primary School is a primary school located in Preston. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/05/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, progress in maths is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Greavestown Lane, Preston

School Information

Address: Greavestown Lane, Preston, PR2 1PD
Website: www.leacp.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone: 01772726408
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Lynne Slater
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119155

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/05/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 234
Number of Boys: 113
Number of Girls: 121

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.2 Confidence interval -4.5 to 0.1
Writing
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -1.5 to 2.7
Maths
Below Average: -2.8 Confidence interval -4.8 to -0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:43%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:100
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lea Community Primary School
Greavestown Lane , Lea PR2 1PD 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston
Victoria Park Avenue , Lea PR2 1RP 		3out of 4 600 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Ashton Primary School
Ainsdale Drive , Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1TU 		3out of 4 657 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
Tulketh Road , Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1EQ 		4out of 4 1,574 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ingol Community Primary School
Whitby Avenue , Ingol PR2 3YP 		3out of 4 1,933 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ashton Community Science College
Aldwych Drive , Ashton PR2 1SL 		3out of 4 843 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Penwortham Priory Academy
Crow Hills Road , Penwortham PR1 0JE 		2out of 4 2,353 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Our Lady's Catholic High School
St Anthony's Drive , Fulwood PR2 3SQ 		4out of 4 3,057 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Penwortham Girls' High School
Cop Lane , Penwortham PR1 0SR 		4out of 4 3,165 yd Community school No Girls More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Royal Cross Primary School
Elswick Road , Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1NT 		4out of 4 290 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Pioneer TEC
Wallend Road , PR2 2HW 		- not rated 1,162 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Spen Brook School
(former Hawes Side Library) , Hawes Side Lane FY4 5AJ 		- not rated 2,297 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
The Limes School
73A Taunton Road , Ashton under Lyne OL7 9DU 		- not rated 2,297 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Boys More About School
Cedar Lodge School
c/o Hexagon Care Services , Unit 1 Tustin Court PR2 2YQ 		- not rated 2,409 yd Other independent special school No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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