Acorns Primary School
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Moor Park, Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6AUOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Acorns Primary School is a special school in Preston for ages 2 to 11. It is one of the 692 schools in Lancashire. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 7 January 2025, report published 5 February 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years provision
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
12 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
93 pupils on roll, with places for 70
Schools near Acorns Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorbrook School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | Attainment 8: 3.5 |
| Sir Tom Finney Community High School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 0.3 |
| Cedar Lodge School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Not published |
| New Focus Education | 2 miles | Report card: Needs attention to expected standard | Not published |
| Royal Cross Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | 0% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community special school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Hall
- Phone
- 01772792681
- Address
- Moor Park, Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6AU
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- URN
- 135347
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.