Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR4 6RD
Composite score
22.8
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#14,254
National rank
#2209
In North West
#433
In Lancashire
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
35%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Inadequate

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.7720241.0020250.922026

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

Every child who put Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
172
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,124
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School

Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 172 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Inadequate' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 35% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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