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Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided
Dubside, Wrea Green, Preston PR4 2WQ · ribby.lancsngfl.ac.uk · 01772 685221
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lancashire 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 152
- 97% of 157 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 11.2%
- First language not English
- 2.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 22 places were offered; 95% 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 | 22 | 20 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 22 | 20 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 24 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 21 | 32 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 21% the higher standard. Across Lancashire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲21% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School on 28 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 46
- 31% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied