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Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School

Primary · Preston · PR4 0RA

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

138 pupils · 99% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.leacofe.lancs.sch.uk
URN
119567

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Cat 3 Faith
1.5 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
65%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school65%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Great Abington Primary SchoolCambridge · 170 miles awayGood45%
Wigan St Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant SchoolWigan · 17 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Great Barford Church of England Primary AcademyBedford · 151 miles awayGood0%
St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolWantage · 161 miles awayGood53%
Garland Junior SchoolReading · 179 miles awayExpected standard54%
St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) SchoolWitney · 147 miles awayGood57%
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 221 miles awayExpected standard53%
John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolBedford · 152 miles awayNeeds attention29%
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, WorthingWorthing · 227 miles awayGood47%
Courtney Primary SchoolBristol · 161 miles awayGood62%
St James' Catholic Primary School, HebburnHEBBURN · 96 miles awayNo current grade73%
Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde · 12 miles awayGood50%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Lancashire 3%, England 4%) · Black African 2% (Lancashire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.71 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

87.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,056; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,457
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £26,888; in-year balance -£14,848

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.7%62.3%
Social housing10%17.1%
Privately rented8.3%20.5%
Detached houses50.2%22.9%
Flats5.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025272 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,000241 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£216,500–£340,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (129)£315,000
Semi-detached (59)£230,000
Terraced (49)£174,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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