Tarleton Community Primary School
Hesketh Lane, Preston, PR4 6AT
242 pupils · 73% of 330 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- Axia Learning Alliance
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 8.7%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 November 2023, published 7 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 69% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 14% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.21 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 35 | 83 | 29 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 32 | 65 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 43 | 94 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 31 | 82 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 36 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 34 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 33 | 29 | 69 | 31 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 23 | 22 | 66 | 23 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School 1.5 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School 2 km · Inadequate (2023) · previous system
- Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Little Hoole Primary School 3.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School 4.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.