Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR4 2WQ
Composite score
75.8
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#1,064
National rank
#120
In North West
#20
In Lancashire
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
21%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
20 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5220221.0920230.9120240.8220250.912026

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 Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE 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
147
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,434
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Preston, Lancashire, Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 147 pupils aged 4 to 11. 79% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 12.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 21% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 95% of the families who made Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE 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 3.7%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE 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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