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Strike Lane Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 164 pupils Preston
Ofsted: Good
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Strike Lane Primary School is an academy converter in Preston for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 164 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Strike Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022 of its predecessor, Freckleton Strike Lane Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Strike Lane
Freckleton
Preston
Lancashire
PR4 1HR
Reference Number 151594

General Makeup

Number of pupils 164
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 42.07%
Girls: 57.93%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 11 26
2 9 12 21
3 7 17 24
4 7 16 23
5 11 13 24
6 12 14 26

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.9%
White, Other 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.8%
White & Asian 1.8%
Unclassified 1.2%
African 0.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Freckleton Strike Lane Primary School, inspected in September 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 0
Third Preference 19 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Strike Lane Primary School had 162 pupils for 210 places. 48 places (22.9%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Fylde/Freckleton, Warton & Wrea Green Primary” planning area

Lancashire counted 106 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 149 in 2029–30, up 41%.

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 2025–26 Strike Lane Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 12.5
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 14.0% of pupils at Strike Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 11 0
Social, emotional and mental health 4 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Hearing impairment 2 0
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 1
Physical disability 0 1

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.

Name Distance
Freckleton Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Freckleton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1PJ
0.4 miles
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton
Lytham Road, Warton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1AD
1.15 miles
Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary Academy
Lytham Road, Warton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1AH
1.43 miles
Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Newton-with-Scales, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3RT
1.56 miles
Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2SL
1.62 miles
The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham
Victoria Road, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2BT
1.68 miles
Kirkham and Wesham Primary School
Nelson Street, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2JP
1.76 miles
Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School
Garstang Road North, Wesham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3DE
2.18 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham
Garstang Road North, Medlar-with-Wesham, Wesham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3HA
2.26 miles
Oakfield House School
Station Road, Salwick, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0YH
2.33 miles
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
Dubside, Wrea Green, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2WQ
2.37 miles
Aurora Keyes Barn School
Station Rd, Salwick, Preston, PR4 0YH
2.46 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea Town
Darkinson Lane, Lea Town, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0RJ
3.14 miles
Treales Church of England Primary School
Church Road, Treales, Near Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3SH
3.17 miles
Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School
Shore Road, Hesketh Bank, Shore Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 6RD
3.69 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
Norfolk Road, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4JG
3.72 miles
Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Church Road, Weeton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3WD
3.92 miles
Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Park View Road, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4HA
3.96 miles
Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School
Lea Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0RA
4 miles
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston
Victoria Park Avenue, Lea, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 1RP
4.06 miles
Name Distance
Linton School
Kirkham Road, Freckleton, PR4 1HX
0.63 miles
Carr Hill High School
Royal Avenue, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2ST
1.31 miles
Kirkham Pear Tree School
29 Station Road, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2HA
1.57 miles
Kirkham Grammar School
Ribby Road, Preston, PR4 2BH
1.7 miles
St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
Talbot Road, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4JL
3.79 miles
Pioneer TEC
Phoenix Park, Wallend Road, Ashton on Ribble, Preston, PR2 2HW
4.17 miles
Hutton Church of England Grammar School
Liverpool Road, Hutton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 5SN
4.6 miles
Ashton Community Science College
Aldwych Drive, Ashton, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 1SL
4.8 miles
Hope School
Crosses Farm, Square Lane, Catforth, Preston, PR4 0HP
4.83 miles

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Strike Lane Primary School is part of Endeavour Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

What is Strike Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Strike Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022 of its predecessor, Freckleton Strike Lane Primary School.

When was Strike Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Strike Lane Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Strike Lane Primary School have?

Strike Lane Primary School has 164 pupils on roll.

What age range does Strike Lane Primary School cover?

Strike Lane Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Strike Lane Primary School?

Strike Lane Primary School is at Strike Lane, Freckleton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1HR.

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