Little Hoole Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 5-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Dob Lane
Walmer Bridge
Preston
Lancashire
PR4 5QL
Phone 01772613026
Reference Number 119156

Little Hoole Primary School continues to maintain its status as a good school, fostering a positive learning environment where pupils feel safe and respected. The school has high expectations for student conduct, encouraging both good behavior and a strong work ethic. Notably, leaders are ambitious about the achievement of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, engaging them in various enrichment activities that enhance their educational experience.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 191
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.88%
Girls: 47.12%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 5 22
2 13 12 25
3 14 14 28
4 16 15 31
5 14 17 31
6 15 16 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.5%
Unclassified 15.2%
White, Other 2.1%
Chinese 1%
Irish 1%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
African 0.5%
Mixed, Other 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 01 Mar 2023
Date Report
01 Mar 2023 School inspection
17 Oct 2017 Short inspection
27 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
11 Jun 2012 Curriculum and development visit
02 Dec 2010 Full inspection:
15 Jul 2008 Full inspection:
20 Nov 2006 Curriculum and development visit
07 Feb 2005 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils display positive attitudes towards learning.
  • Leaders have ambitious curricula tailored for all pupils, including those with SEND.
  • The school promotes a strong culture of reading with high-quality texts available to students.
  • Pupils enjoy a variety of extracurricular activities that nurture their talents.
  • There is effective management of behavior which minimizes disruption in learning.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some subjects lack effective assessment strategies to track pupils' understanding over time.
  • Reading materials for early readers do not consistently match the sounds they are learning.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 77%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.8
Writing 0.8
Maths 4

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Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 17 1
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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