Moss Side Primary School

Community school·Primary school Leyland, Lancashire·PR26 7ST
Composite score
54.2
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#5,743
National rank
#752
In North West
#165
In Lancashire
Top 39%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
30 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
85
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.8820231.0020241.0620251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Lancashire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Moss Side Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
246
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,718
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Moss Side Primary School

Moss Side Primary School is a primary school in Leyland, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 246 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 97% of the families who made Moss Side Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Moss Side Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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