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165 open schools in Preston, Lancashire · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Lancashire schools · grammar schools in Preston

Preston has 165 state schools: 126 primary, 25 secondary, part of Lancashire's wider catchment. 157 have a published Ofsted rating, and 119 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Abrar Academy Preston Acorns Primary School Preston · Not judged All Hallows Catholic High School Preston · Outstanding Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge Preston · Good Applebee Wood School Preston · Not judged Archbishop Temple Church of England High School Preston · Not judged Ashbridge Independent School Preston Ashton Community Science College Preston · Good Ashton Primary School Preston · Good Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Preston · Not judged Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Preston · Not judged Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School Preston · Outstanding Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Brabins Endowed School Preston · Outstanding Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School Preston · Good Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery Preston · Good Brookfield Community Primary School Preston · Good Broughton High School Preston · Outstanding Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School Preston · Not judged Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School Preston · Good Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Cardinal Newman College Preston · Outstanding Carr Hill High School Preston · Requires improvement Catforth Primary School Preston · Good Christ The King Catholic High School Preston · Inadequate Clayton Brook Primary School Preston · Good Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham Preston · Good Corpus Christi Catholic High School Preston · Not judged Cottam Primary School Preston · Not judged Coupe Green Primary School Preston · Good Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge Preston · Good Deepdale Community Primary School Preston · Good Eden Boys' School, Preston Preston · Outstanding English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good Fishwick Primary School Preston · Not judged Forton Primary School Preston · Good Freckleton Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Frenchwood Community Primary School Preston · Requires improvement Fulwood Academy Preston · Good Fulwood and Cadley Primary School Preston · Good Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Preston · Good Garstang Community Academy Preston · Requires improvement Garstang Community Primary School Preston · Good Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Preston · Not judged Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary School Preston · Good Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School Preston · Not judged Harris Primary School Preston · Good Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School Preston · Inadequate Higher Walton Church of England Primary School Preston · Requires improvement Highfield Priory School Preston Hillside Specialist School and College Preston · Good Holme Slack Community Primary School Preston · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston Preston · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton Preston · Good Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School Preston · Good Hope School Preston · Good Howick Church Endowed Primary School Preston · Good Hutton Church of England Grammar School Preston · Good Imam Muhammad Zakariya School Preston Ingol Community Primary School PRESTON · Good Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School Preston · Good Kennington Primary School Preston · Good Kingsfold Primary School PRESTON · Good Kirkham Grammar School Preston Kirkham Pear Tree School Preston · Outstanding Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Kirkham and Wesham Primary School Preston · Good Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston · Good Lancaster University School of Mathematics Preston · Outstanding Lea Community Primary School Preston · Not judged Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School Preston · Not judged Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School Preston · Good Little Hoole Primary School Preston · Good Longridge Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Longridge High School Preston · Requires improvement Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School Preston · Good Longsands Community Primary School Preston · Good Longton Primary School Preston · Not judged Lostock Hall Academy Preston · Good Lostock Hall Community Primary School Preston · Good Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School Preston · Requires improvement Moor Nook Community Primary School Preston · Good Moor Park High School and Sixth Form Preston · Good Moorbrook School Preston · Not judged Myerscough College Preston Nateby Primary School Preston · Good New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School Preston · Good Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall Preston · Not judged Our Lady's Catholic High School Preston · Good Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School Preston · Good Penwortham Girls' High School Preston · Outstanding Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Penwortham Primary School Preston · Good Penwortham Priory Academy Preston · Good Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Preston · Good Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston · Good Pool House Community Primary School Preston · Good Preston College Preston · Good Preston Grange Primary School Preston · Good Preston Greenlands Community Primary School Preston · Not judged Preston Muslim Girls High School Preston · Outstanding Queen's Drive Primary School Preston · Not judged Ribbleton Avenue Infant School Preston · Not judged Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School PRESTON · Good Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School Preston · Not judged Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston · Good Royal Cross Primary School Preston · Outstanding Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good Samlesbury Church of England School Preston · Good Scorton Church of England Primary School Preston · Not judged Sherwood Primary School Preston · Not judged Sir Tom Finney Community High School Preston · Good Springfield House School Preston · Good St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Cecilia's RC High School Preston · Not judged St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Francis Catholic Primary School, Goosnargh Preston · Good St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brindle Preston · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham Preston · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School Preston · Requires improvement St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham Preston · Not judged St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang Preston · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock Preston · Not judged St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston Preston · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea Town Preston St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chipping Preston · Good St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School Preston · Not judged St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy Preston · Not judged St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton Preston · Good St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale Preston · Good St Pius X Preparatory School Preston St Stephen's CofE School PRESTON · Good St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling Preston · Good St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston Preston · Good Stoneygate Nursery School Preston · Good Strike Lane Primary School Preston · Good Tarleton Academy Preston · Good Tarleton Community Primary School Preston · Good Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Preston · Good Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School Preston · Good The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Preston Preston · Good The Coppice School Preston · Good The Olive School, Preston Preston · Outstanding The Roebuck School Preston · Good The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham Preston · Outstanding Treales Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Walton-Le-Dale High School Preston · Requires improvement Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School Preston · Good Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary Academy Preston · Good Weeton Primary School Preston · Good Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Preston · Not judged Whitefield Primary School Preston · Good Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School Preston · Good Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School Preston · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Kennington Primary School Good · ×0.54 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Roebuck School Good · ×0.55 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.58 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston Good · ×0.61 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kirkham and Wesham Primary School Good · ×0.63 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ashton Primary School Good · ×0.66 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Garstang Community Primary School Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Brookfield Community Primary School Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Fulwood Academy Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Lancashire

Primary schools: Lancashire's own term is 'Geographical Priority Area' (GPA) — a criterion for community/VC schools; academies/VA/foundation schools set their own arrangements. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Lancashire entrance test format

There is no shared Lancashire 11+ — each school sets its own exam, and formats/providers differ and have changed recently, so always check the school's own admissions page for the current year. As of the 2026 test round: - Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School — GL Assessment-style multiple-choice papers (maths, English, verbal reasoning). - Clitheroe Royal Grammar School — moved to FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise) papers: Paper 1 English & maths multiple-choice, Paper 2 English & maths short written answers. - Lancaster Girls' Grammar School — FSCE papers. - Lancaster Royal Grammar School — GL Assessment-style papers (maths, English, verbal reasoning). Because providers differ, practice material for one Lancashire school may not match another's format — and a child applying to schools in both Clitheroe/Lancaster and the Bacup area may face two different exam styles.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Test date 2026-09-26
Sept 2027 Results released 2026-10-06
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

Out-of-area applications

Lancashire has NO county-wide 11+ — each of its four grammar schools (Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Lancaster Royal Grammar School) runs its own entrance exam with its own registration process and deadline, direct with the school. Applying to more than one can mean sitting more than one test. All four schools accept registrations from children living outside Lancashire — the schools draw from wide areas (Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Cumbria). Lancaster Royal Grammar School also has boarding places, which widens its intake further. Register with each school directly (deadlines vary by school — check each school's admissions page in Year 5), then apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October. Check each school's oversubscription criteria for distance/priority-area effects.

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