Longsands Community Primary School
Longsands Lane, Preston, PR2 9PS
213 pupils · 101% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 9.9%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 2 December 2025, published 2 February 2026. 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 | 65% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 6% |
“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 — 1.13 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 34 | 76 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 25 | 72 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 37 | 75 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 32 | 75 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 45 | 98 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 37 | 91 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 43 | 120 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 46 | 105 | 30 |
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
- Brookfield Community Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Holme Slack Community Primary School 1.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston 1.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Preston Greenlands Community Primary School 1.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Preston Grange Primary School 1.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston 1.5 km · Good (2023) · 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.