Best primary schools in Lancashire
448 of 489 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Lancashire schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 12 of them.
- 375 of 489 rated Good or Outstanding
- 64 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 63.0% (best 100.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 100.0% | Not judged | about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 2 | Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, Parbold Wigan | 100.0% | Outstanding improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 3 | Roughlee Church of England Primary School Nelson | 100.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 4 | Gisburn Primary School Clitheroe | 94.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 5 | Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 94.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 6 | Crawford Village Primary School Skelmersdale | 92.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 7 | Crow Orchard Primary School Skelmersdale | 92.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 8 | Freckleton Church of England Primary School Preston | 92.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 9 | Newburgh Church of England Primary School Wigan hidden gem | 92.0% | Outstanding improving | undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 10 | Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School Blackburn | 91.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 11 | Brabins Endowed School Preston | 90.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 12 | Burscough Bridge Methodist School Ormskirk | 90.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 13 | Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Preston | 90.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 14 | Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School Nelson | 88.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 15 | Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School Preston | 88.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 16 | Eccleston Primary School Chorley | 88.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 17 | Helmshore Primary School Rossendale | 88.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 18 | The Olive School, Preston Preston | 88.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 2.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 19 | Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ormskirk | 87.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 20 | St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley Chorley | 87.0% | Outstanding improving | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 21 | Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Nelson | 86.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 22 | Sherwood Primary School Preston | 86.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 23 | St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock Preston | 86.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 24 | Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School Lancaster | 85.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 25 | St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Upholland | 85.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 26 | Stanah Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys | 85.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 27 | Burscough Village Primary School Ormskirk | 83.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 28 | Longridge Church of England Primary School Preston | 83.0% | Good | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 29 | Longton Primary School Preston | 83.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 30 | New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School Preston | 83.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 31 | Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary School Burnley | 83.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 32 | St. Mary's Catholic Primary School Euxton Chorley | 83.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 33 | Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School Preston hidden gem | 82.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 34 | Hambleton Primary Academy Poulton-le-Fylde | 82.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 35 | Lytham Hall Park Primary School Lytham St Annes | 82.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 36 | Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School Preston | 81.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 37 | Edisford Primary School Clitheroe | 81.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 38 | St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall Rossendale | 81.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 39 | St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Helmshore | 81.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 40 | Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Preston | 81.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 41 | Whalley Church of England Primary School Clitheroe | 81.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 42 | Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School CHORLEY | 81.0% | Not judged | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 43 | Abbey Village Primary School Chorley | 80.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 44 | Edenfield Church of England Primary School Bury | 80.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 45 | Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School Preston | 80.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 46 | Howick Church Endowed Primary School Preston | 80.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 47 | Lomeshaye Junior School Nelson | 80.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 48 | St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham Burnley | 80.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 49 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brindle Preston | 80.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 50 | The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Lancaster | 80.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 51 | Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Blackburn | 79.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 52 | Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School Burnley | 79.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 53 | Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary School Preston | 79.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 54 | Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 79.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.44 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 55 | Pool House Community Primary School Preston | 79.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 56 | Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School Preston | 79.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 57 | Rishton Methodist Primary School Blackburn | 79.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 58 | Rivington Foundation Primary School Bolton | 79.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 59 | Rufford CofE School Ormskirk | 79.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 60 | St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Lancaster | 79.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 61 | St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 79.0% | Good declining | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 62 | Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School Accrington | 78.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 63 | Moss Side Primary School Leyland | 78.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 64 | Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary School Ormskirk | 78.0% | Good declining | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 65 | Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Colne | 78.0% | Good | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 66 | St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Skelmersdale | 78.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.31 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 67 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 78.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 68 | Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School Leyland | 78.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 69 | Ansdell Primary School Lytham St Annes | 77.0% | Good declining | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 70 | Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary School Chorley | 77.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 71 | Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School Preston | 77.0% | Not judged | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 72 | Little Hoole Primary School Preston | 77.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 73 | Nateby Primary School Preston | 77.0% | Good declining | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 74 | Brookfield Community Primary School Preston | 76.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 75 | Brookfield Park Primary School Skelmersdale | 76.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 76 | Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 76.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 77 | Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School Morecambe | 76.0% | Good declining | oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 78 | St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Skelmersdale | 76.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 79 | Trawden Forest Primary School Colne | 76.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 80 | Blacko Primary School Nelson | 75.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 81 | Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Chorley | 75.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 82 | Carleton Green Community Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 75.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 83 | Forton Primary School Preston | 75.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 84 | Garstang Community Primary School Preston | 75.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 85 | Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School Lytham St Annes | 75.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 86 | Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School Preston | 75.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 87 | Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School Accrington | 74.0% | Inadequate | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 88 | Cobbs Brow School Skelmersdale | 74.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 89 | Holland Moor Primary School Skelmersdale | 74.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 90 | Leyland St James Church of England Primary School Leyland | 74.0% | Good | about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 91 | Queen's Drive Primary School Preston | 74.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 92 | Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary School Lancaster | 74.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 93 | St Catherine's RC Primary School Leyland | 74.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 94 | St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 95 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley Chorley | 74.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 96 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle Accrington | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 97 | St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch Rossendale | 74.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 98 | Barrow URC Primary School Clitheroe | 73.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 99 | Belthorn Academy Primary School Blackburn | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 100 | Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School Lancaster | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 101 | Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School Chorley | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 102 | Delph Side Community Primary School Skelmersdale | 73.0% | Not judged | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 103 | Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Preston | 73.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 104 | Great Wood Primary School Morecambe | 73.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 105 | Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School Lytham St Annes | 73.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 106 | Laneshaw Bridge Primary Colne | 73.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 107 | Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School Morecambe | 73.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 108 | Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School Accrington | 73.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 109 | Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School Preston | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 110 | Read St John's CofE Primary School Burnley | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 111 | Samlesbury Church of England School Preston | 73.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 112 | Shakespeare Primary School Fleetwood | 73.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 113 | St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton Preston | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 114 | Waterfoot Primary School Rossendale | 73.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 115 | Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School Accrington | 72.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 116 | Casterton Primary Academy Burnley | 72.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 117 | Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Chorley | 72.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 118 | Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School Preston | 72.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 119 | Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth Rochdale | 72.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 120 | Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School Bury | 72.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 121 | St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Skelmersdale | 72.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 122 | Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School Burnley | 72.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 123 | Adlington Primary School Chorley | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 124 | Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 125 | Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School Chorley | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 126 | Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School Lancaster | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 127 | Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy Nr Wigan | 71.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 128 | Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 129 | Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 71.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 130 | St Anne's Church of England Primary School Rossendale | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 131 | St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School Rochdale | 71.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 132 | St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School Accrington | 71.0% | Good improving | oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 133 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell Chorley | 71.0% | Outstanding improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 134 | St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green Clitheroe | 71.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 135 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden Rossendale | 71.0% | Outstanding | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 136 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho Blackburn | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 137 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston Blackburn | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 138 | Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Blackpool | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 139 | Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School Chorley | 70.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 140 | Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School Chorley | 70.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 141 | Ingol Community Primary School PRESTON | 70.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 142 | Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary School Preston | 70.0% | Good improving | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 143 | Moorside Primary School Lancaster | 70.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 144 | Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School Morecambe | 70.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 145 | Mossgate Primary School Morecambe | 70.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 146 | Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary School Preston | 70.0% | Good | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 147 | Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School Carnforth | 70.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 148 | Salesbury Church of England Primary School Blackburn | 70.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 149 | St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Lytham St Annes | 70.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 150 | Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School Burnley | 70.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 151 | Briercliffe Primary School Burnley | 69.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 152 | Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary School Chorley | 69.0% | Not judged | about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 153 | Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School Preston | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 154 | Nether Kellet Community Primary School Carnforth | 69.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 155 | Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary School Accrington | 69.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 156 | Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Lancaster | 69.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 157 | St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Burnley | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 158 | Tarleton Community Primary School Preston | 69.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 159 | Woodland Community Primary School Skelmersdale | 69.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 160 | Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Preston | 68.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 161 | Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Leyland | 68.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 162 | Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School Chorley | 68.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 163 | Clitheroe Pendle Primary School Clitheroe | 68.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 164 | Lever House Primary School Leyland | 68.0% | Good | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 165 | Lostock Hall Community Primary School Preston | 68.0% | Good declining | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 166 | Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 68.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 167 | St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Accrington | 68.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 168 | St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington Accrington | 68.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 169 | Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Clitheroe | 67.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 170 | Cawthorne's Endowed School Lancaster | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 171 | Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Burnley | 67.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.41 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 172 | Crawshawbooth Primary School Rossendale | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 173 | Earby Springfield Primary School Barnoldswick | 67.0% | Requires improvement improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 174 | Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School Leyland | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 175 | Gisburn Road Community Primary School Barnoldswick | 67.0% | Not judged | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 176 | Kelbrook Primary School Barnoldswick hidden gem | 67.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 177 | Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School Leyland | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 178 | Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School Preston | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 179 | Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School Preston | 67.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 180 | Ormskirk Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 181 | Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley Chorley | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 182 | Scorton Church of England Primary School Preston | 67.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 183 | Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School Burnley | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 184 | St Francis Catholic Primary School, Goosnargh Preston | 67.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 185 | St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery St Michael's-on-Wyre, Preston | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 186 | Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School Preston | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 187 | Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Lancaster | 67.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 188 | Weeton Primary School Preston | 67.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 189 | Whittlefield Primary School Burnley | 67.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 190 | Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge Preston | 66.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 191 | Britannia Community Primary School Bacup | 66.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 192 | Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham Preston | 66.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 193 | Gillibrand Primary School Chorley | 66.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 194 | Northbrook Primary Academy Leyland | 66.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 195 | Aughton Town Green Primary School Ormskirk hidden gem | 65.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 196 | Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School Skelmersdale | 65.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 197 | Chatburn Church of England Primary School Clitheroe | 65.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 198 | Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston | 65.0% | Good declining | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 199 | Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School Lancaster | 65.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 200 | Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School Preston | 65.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 201 | Longsands Community Primary School Preston | 65.0% | Good | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 202 | Marsden Community Primary School Nelson | 65.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 203 | Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School Blackburn | 65.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 204 | St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 65.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 205 | St Bede's Catholic Primary School Chorley | 65.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 206 | St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School Rochdale | 65.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 207 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton Chorley | 65.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 208 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington Wigan | 65.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 209 | St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School Preston | 65.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 210 | Walverden Primary School Nelson | 65.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 211 | Altham St James Church of England Primary School Accrington | 64.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 212 | Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School Bacup | 64.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 213 | Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School Barnoldswick | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 214 | Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School Chorley | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 215 | Colne Lord Street School Colne | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 216 | Highfield Community Primary School Chorley | 64.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 217 | Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary School Lancaster | 64.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 218 | Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 219 | Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School Morecambe | 64.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 220 | Pendle Primary Academy Nelson | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 221 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors Accrington | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 222 | St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School Lancaster | 64.0% | Not judged | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 223 | Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village Chorley | 64.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 224 | Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy Wigan | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 225 | Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 63.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 226 | Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Carnforth | 63.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 227 | Caton Primary School Lancaster | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 228 | Coppull Primary School and Nursery Chorley | 63.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 229 | Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge Preston | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 230 | Harris Primary School Preston | 63.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 231 | Lancaster Ryelands Primary School Lancaster | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 232 | Larkholme Primary School Fleetwood | 63.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 233 | Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School Accrington | 63.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 234 | Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery School Lancaster | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 235 | St Anne's Catholic Primary School Leyland | 63.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 236 | St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston Preston | 63.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 237 | Deepdale Community Primary School Preston | 62.0% | Good | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 238 | Salterforth Primary School Barnoldswick | 62.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 239 | St Chad's Catholic Primary School Chorley | 62.0% | Good | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 240 | St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley Chorley | 62.0% | Good improving | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 241 | St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston Preston | 62.0% | Good declining | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 242 | Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary School Preston | 62.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 243 | Bacup Thorn Primary School Bacup | 61.0% | Good declining | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 244 | Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Colne | 61.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 245 | Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School Preston | 61.0% | Good | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 246 | Reedley Primary School Burnley | 61.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 247 | Tonacliffe Primary School Whitworth | 61.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 248 | Barden Primary School Burnley | 60.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 249 | Bowerham Primary & Nursery School Lancaster | 60.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 250 | Bradley Primary School Nelson | 60.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 251 | Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School Accrington | 60.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 252 | Colne Primet Primary School Colne | 60.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 253 | Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School Chorley | 60.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 254 | Farington Primary School Leyland | 60.0% | Good | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 255 | Heasandford Primary School Burnley | 60.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 256 | Kennington Primary School Preston hidden gem | 60.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 257 | Lea Community Primary School Preston | 60.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 258 | Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School Morecambe | 60.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 259 | Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Padiham, Burnley | 60.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 260 | Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School Blackburn | 60.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 261 | Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys Thornton-Cleveleys | 60.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 262 | Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 60.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 263 | St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy Barnoldswick | 60.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 264 | Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Carnforth | 59.0% | Good declining | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 265 | Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Blackburn | 59.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 266 | Higher Walton Church of England Primary School Preston | 59.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 267 | Moorside Community Primary Academy School Skelmersdale | 59.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 268 | Northfold Community Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys | 59.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 269 | St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Burnley | 59.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 270 | St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Chorley Chorley | 59.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 271 | Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School Preston | 59.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 272 | Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School Accrington | 58.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 273 | Anderton Primary School Adlington | 58.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 274 | Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery Preston | 58.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 275 | Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School Chorley | 58.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 276 | Coupe Green Primary School Preston | 58.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 277 | Haslingden Primary School Rossendale | 58.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 278 | Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School Nelson | 58.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 279 | Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School Nelson | 58.0% | Good improving | oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 280 | St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston hidden gem | 58.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 281 | St John's Catholic Primary School, Burscough Burscough | 58.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 282 | Accrington Peel Park Primary School Accrington | 57.0% | Not judged improving | undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 283 | Balshaw Lane Community Primary School Chorley | 57.0% | Not judged | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 284 | Castercliff Primary School Nelson | 57.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 285 | Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Colne | 57.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 286 | Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson Nelson | 57.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 287 | Park Primary School Colne | 57.0% | Good declining | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 288 | Penwortham Primary School Preston | 57.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 289 | Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Carnforth | 57.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 290 | St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger Burnley | 57.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 291 | St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull Chorley | 57.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 292 | St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Morecambe | 57.0% | Good improving | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 293 | Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys | 57.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 294 | Treales Church of England Primary School Preston | 57.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 295 | Accrington Huncoat Primary School Accrington | 56.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 296 | Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary School Burnley | 56.0% | Good | about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 297 | Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Preston | 56.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 298 | Stalmine Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 56.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 299 | Banks St Stephen's CofE School Southport | 55.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 300 | Cherry Fold Community Primary School Burnley | 55.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 301 | Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Lancaster | 55.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 302 | Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Lytham St. Annes | 55.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 303 | Rosewood Primary School Burnley | 55.0% | Good | about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 304 | St Stephen's CofE School PRESTON | 55.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 305 | Trinity Church of England/Methodist School Skelmersdale | 55.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 306 | Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Clitheroe | 55.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 307 | Whitefield Primary School Preston | 55.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 308 | Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary School Cockerham, Lancaster | 54.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 309 | Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth Carnforth | 54.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 310 | St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood Blackburn | 54.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 311 | St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Skelmersdale | 54.0% | Not judged | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 312 | Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School Burnley | 53.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 313 | Clifton Primary School Lytham St Annes | 53.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 314 | Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Chorley | 53.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 315 | Fishwick Primary School Preston | 53.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 316 | Higham St John's Church of England Primary School Burnley | 53.0% | Good | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 317 | Lancaster Road Primary School Morecambe | 53.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 318 | Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School Morecambe | 53.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 319 | Preston Greenlands Community Primary School Preston | 53.0% | Not judged declining | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 320 | St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Burnley | 53.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 321 | St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick Ormskirk | 53.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 322 | St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale Preston | 53.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 323 | Great Harwood Primary School Blackburn | 52.0% | Good improving | oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 324 | Haslingden St James Church of England Primary School Haslingden | 52.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 325 | Hillside Community Primary School Skelmersdale | 52.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 326 | Holme Slack Community Primary School Preston | 52.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 327 | St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe Morecambe | 52.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 328 | St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School Preston | 52.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 329 | Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys | 52.0% | Not judged | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 330 | West End Primary School Morecambe | 52.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 331 | West Street Community Primary School Colne | 52.0% | Not judged | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 332 | St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe CLITHEROE | 51.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 333 | Barrowford School Nelson | 50.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 334 | Catforth Primary School Preston | 50.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 335 | Clitheroe Brookside Primary School Clitheroe | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 336 | Kirkham and Wesham Primary School Preston hidden gem | 50.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 337 | Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School Carnforth | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 338 | Northern Primary School Bacup | 50.0% | Good | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 339 | Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 340 | Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 50.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 341 | Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School Ormskirk | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 342 | Sabden Primary School Sabden | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 343 | Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School Clitheroe | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 344 | St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School Burnley | 50.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 345 | St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup Bacup | 50.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 346 | St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall ROSSENDALE | 50.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 347 | St Peter's CofE Primary School Accrington hidden gem | 50.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 348 | Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 50.0% | Not judged improving | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 349 | Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School Lancaster | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 350 | Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School PRESTON | 49.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 351 | Accrington Woodnook Primary School Accrington | 48.0% | Not judged | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 352 | Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Unit Chorley | 48.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 353 | Haslingden Broadway Primary School Rossendale | 48.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 354 | Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall Preston | 48.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 355 | Padiham Green Church of England Primary School Padiham | 48.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 356 | Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School Poulton-le-Fylde | 48.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 357 | Preston Grange Primary School Preston | 48.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 358 | Padiham Primary School Burnley | 47.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 359 | Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 47.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 360 | St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 47.0% | Good | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 361 | Worsthorne Primary School Burnley | 47.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.41 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 362 | Burnley Ightenhill Primary School Burnley | 46.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 363 | Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall Poulton-Le-Fylde | 46.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 364 | Leyland Methodist Junior School Leyland | 46.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 365 | Willow Lane Community Primary School Lancaster | 46.0% | Not judged | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 366 | Ashton Primary School Preston | 45.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 367 | Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Burnley | 45.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 368 | Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary School Ormskirk | 45.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 369 | Cottam Primary School Preston | 45.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 370 | St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley Nr Ormskirk | 45.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2025/26 | approximate |
| 371 | Thornton Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys | 45.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 372 | Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School Blackburn | 44.0% | Good improving | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 373 | Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School Rawtenstall | 44.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 374 | The Roebuck School Preston hidden gem | 44.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 375 | Westwood Primary School Chorley | 44.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 376 | Banks Methodist School Southport hidden gem | 43.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 377 | Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and Nursery Ormskirk | 43.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 378 | Buckshaw Primary School Chorley | 43.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 379 | Burnley Springfield Community Primary School Burnley | 43.0% | Not judged improving | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 380 | Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Leyland | 43.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 381 | St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Burnley | 43.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 382 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden Clitheroe | 43.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 383 | Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School Accrington | 42.0% | Good | about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 384 | Arkholme Church of England Primary School Carnforth | 42.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 385 | Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary School Chorley | 42.0% | Good improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 386 | Oswaldtwistle West End Primary School Oswaldtwistle | 42.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 387 | St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy Preston | 42.0% | Not judged | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 388 | Withnell Fold Primary School Chorley | 42.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 389 | Barnacre Road Primary School Longridge | 41.0% | Inadequate | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 390 | English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 41.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 391 | Fulwood and Cadley Primary School Preston | 41.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 392 | Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School Morecambe | 41.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 393 | Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Burnley | 40.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 394 | Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy Nelson | 40.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 395 | Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary School Via Carnforth | 40.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 396 | Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church Accrington | 40.0% | Not judged | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 397 | Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School Lancaster | 40.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 398 | Frenchwood Community Primary School Preston | 39.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 399 | Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Accrington | 39.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 400 | Duke Street Primary School Chorley | 38.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 401 | Ormskirk Asmall Primary School Ormskirk | 38.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 402 | St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Skelmersdale | 38.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 403 | St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Chorley Chorley | 38.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 404 | Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School Bacup | 37.0% | Good declining | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 405 | Coates Lane Primary School BARNOLDSWICK | 37.0% | Not judged | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 406 | Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School Fleetwood | 37.0% | Good improving | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 407 | Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy Blackburn | 36.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 408 | Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Morecambe | 36.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 409 | St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Accrington | 36.0% | Inadequate | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 410 | The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston | 36.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 411 | Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School Thornton-Cleveleys | 36.0% | Good improving | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 412 | Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School Nr Carnforth | 36.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 413 | Water Primary School Rossendale | 36.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 414 | Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School Burnley | 35.0% | Requires improvement improving | — | approximate |
| 415 | Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School Preston | 35.0% | Inadequate | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 416 | St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster Lancaster | 33.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 417 | Clayton Brook Primary School Preston | 32.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 418 | Little Digmoor Primary School Skelmersdale | 32.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 419 | Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School Rossendale | 32.0% | Not judged improving | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 420 | Castle View Primary Academy Lancaster | 31.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 421 | Kingsfold Primary School PRESTON | 30.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 422 | Morecambe Bay Community Primary School Morecambe | 30.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 423 | Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston | 30.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 424 | Sharneyford Primary School Bacup | 30.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 425 | Carnforth Community Primary School Carnforth | 29.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 426 | Holmeswood Methodist School Ormskirk | 29.0% | Good | about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 427 | Charles Saer Community Primary School Fleetwood | 28.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 428 | Seven Stars Primary School Leyland | 28.0% | Good improving | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 429 | St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood Great Harwood | 27.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 430 | Eldon Primary School Preston | 26.0% | Inadequate | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 431 | Moor Nook Community Primary School Preston | 26.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 432 | Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston | 25.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 433 | Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School Accrington | 24.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 434 | Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School Accrington | 23.0% | Requires improvement improving | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 435 | Burnley Brunshaw Primary School Burnley | 23.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 436 | Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School Fleetwood | 21.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 437 | Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Preston | 20.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 438 | Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School Rossendale | 20.0% | Not judged improving | undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 439 | Ormskirk West End School Ormskirk | 18.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 440 | St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Nelson | 18.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 441 | St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy Fleetwood | 18.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 442 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Bacup | 15.0% | Inadequate | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 443 | Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary Academy Preston | 15.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 444 | Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Clitheroe | 14.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 445 | St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling Preston | 14.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 446 | Green Haworth Church of England Primary School Accrington | 8.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 447 | St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Skelmersdale | 7.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 448 | Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School Preston | 0.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
Also in Lancashire
41 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Lancashire, not a fairer one.
- Al-Ikhlaas Primary School
- Ashbridge Independent School
- Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Downholland-Haskayne Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
- Highfield Priory School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston Ofsted: Good
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton Ofsted: Good
- Imam Muhammad Zakariya School
- Lancaster Independent School for Alternative Learning (Lisal) Ofsted: Good
- Leyland Methodist Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Moorland School Limited
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Ofsted: Outstanding
- Rawdhatul Uloom Ofsted: Good
- Ribbleton Avenue Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Rosegrove Infant School Ofsted: Good
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Preston Ofsted: Good
- St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Not judged
- St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston Ofsted: Good
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Poulton-Le-Fylde Ofsted: Not judged
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham Ofsted: Good
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston Ofsted: Good
- St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham Ofsted: Not judged
- St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang Ofsted: Good
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea Town
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chipping Ofsted: Good
- St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Good
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
- St Pius X Preparatory School
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood Ofsted: Good
- Strike Lane Primary School Ofsted: Good
- The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham Ofsted: Outstanding
- Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge Ofsted: Good
- Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Upholland Roby Mill CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery Ofsted: Not judged
- Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Woodlea Junior School
- Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Yealand Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good
Applying in Lancashire
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Selective / 11+ test date 2026-09-26 · 2027 entry Lancashire grammar schools test date: BRGS, Clitheroe RGS, Lancaster RGS (GL Assessment) and Lancaster Girls (FSCE)
- Selective test results released 2026-10-06 · 2027 entry Results sent by 6 October 2026 (each school notifies separately)
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Common Application Form deadline
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry National Offer Day
- Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
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