Holme Slack Community Primary School

Holme Slack Community Primary School demonstrates a generally strong standard of education, with leaders implementing an ambitious curriculum effectively. There is a notable positive culture around safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and are well supported. However, some areas require attention, particularly in enhancing support for reading and writing fluency among pupils, which currently impacts their overall achievement negatively, especially for some disadvantaged students. The school is addressing these issues but shows that while many students thrive, gaps remain that need to be closed to achieve better outcomes.

Strengths

• Ambitious and carefully designed curriculum that supports knowledge progression.
• Strong emphasis on safeguarding and creating a safe learning environment.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.
• Well-prepared early years environment with a focus on language and communication.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff contribute to a nurturing atmosphere.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent opportunities for pupils to practise and consolidate learning.
• Some pupils do not achieve well in reading and writing, particularly at Key Stage 2.
• Attendance rates are below national averages, especially for pupil premium eligible students.
• Some adaptations for pupils with SEND are not consistently effective, impacting their learning.

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 Holme Slack Community Primary School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 28.0% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Holme Slack 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 Holme Slack Community Primary School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 29.6% of pupils at Holme Slack Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 pupils.

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 Holme Slack Community Primary School received £9,177 and spent £9,250 for each of its 199 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £33,000 (£166 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 Holme Slack Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holme Slack Community Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Holme Slack Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holme Slack Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Holme Slack Community Primary School have?

Holme Slack Community Primary School has 199 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holme Slack Community Primary School cover?

Holme Slack Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holme Slack Community Primary School?

Holme Slack Community Primary School is at Manor House Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 6HP.