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Preston Park Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
College Road, Wembley HA9 8RJ · prestonparkschool.co.uk · 020 8904 3602
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Brent 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Brent Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 616
- 77% of 796 places
- Local authority
- Brent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- First language not English
- 83.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Brent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 62 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 62 | 52 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 61 | 51 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 67 | 64 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 72 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% the higher standard. Across Brent it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Preston Park Primary School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 23 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 25
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied