Deepdale Community Primary School

Deepdale Community Primary School is performing well overall, with most pupils achieving appropriate progress from their starting points, particularly disadvantaged students and those with special educational needs. The school has a strong culture of safeguarding, ensuring that all pupils feel safe and supported. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, enabling pupils to build solid knowledge in various subjects. Although attendance is being actively improved, some issues around persistent absence remain. Overall, the school is well-supported by committed leaders and governors who are focused on continuous improvement.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding culture where all concerns are addressed promptly.
• Strong academic progress for pupils, especially disadvantaged and SEND students.
• Well-designed and ambitious curriculum that is logically sequenced.
• Effective early years provision that builds children's confidence and independence.
• High expectations for behavior with minimal disruption in classrooms.
• Positive and supportive pastoral care for all pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Persistent absence rates are higher than the national average.
• Proportion of pupils with SEND and EHC plans is below average.
• Need for further development in the personal development programme to expand pupil opportunities.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Deepdale Community Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at Deepdale Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Deepdale Community Primary School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Deepdale Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Deepdale Community Primary School received £6,685 and spent £6,603 for each of its 681 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £330,000 (£484 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Deepdale Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Deepdale Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Deepdale Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Deepdale Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Deepdale Community Primary School have?

Deepdale Community Primary School has 696 pupils on roll.

What age range does Deepdale Community Primary School cover?

Deepdale Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Deepdale Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Deepdale Community Primary School?

Deepdale Community Primary School is at St Stephens Road, Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 6TD.