Primary
Frenchwood Community Primary School
Frenchwood Knoll, Preston, PR1 4LE
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 326 of 298 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery
- Yes
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
June 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
February 2020
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
39%
102.0
102nd of 105 by our score, among the primary schools in Preston we can score - 124 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 39% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Frenchwood Knoll, Preston, PR1 4LE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Cathryn Antwis
- Address
- Frenchwood Knoll, Preston, PR1 4LE
- Telephone
- 01772253244
Other primary schools nearby
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston5.0/10
- St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, PrestonNot enough data
- Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary School5.0/10
- St Stephen's CofE School5.6/10
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy4.3/10
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston6.0/10