Queen's Drive Primary School
Black Bull Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3LAOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Queen's Drive Primary School is a primary school in Preston for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 692 schools in Lancashire. It ranks 15th of 106 primary schools in Preston. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 26 November 2024, report published 13 January 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 26 November 2024
This is a happy and welcoming school. Pupils enjoy coming to school each day and attend regularly. Pupils feel safe because of the warm, positive relationships between pupils and staff. One parent, typifying the views of many, told inspectors that their child 'has flourished' since going to school. Inspectors agree. The school inspires pupils to 'dream', 'believe' and 'achieve' in their learning. This encourages pupils to be ambitious. The school ensures that staff have high aspirations and expectations of pupils' learning. Pupils live up to these and most achieve well. Pupils behave well. They are polite and well mannered. Pupils are taught how to recognise and manage their own emotions, which helps them to behave well. As a result, lessons are calm and purposeful. Pupils are proud of their school. They enjoy taking advantage of the range of opportunities that are on offer to deepen their learning. They develop their leadership skills as sports leaders, school councillors and subject ambassadors. These roles ensure that pupils make a real difference to the school. For example, school councillors raise money so that they can buy books for pupils to enjoy from the playtime library.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, and areas of learning in the early years, the school has not made clear the precise knowledge that pupils should learn and when this should happen. At times, this prevents some pupils from developing a deep and thorough understanding of the things that they have been taught. The school should refine its curriculum thinking in these subjects and areas of learning so that staff are clear about the precise knowledge that pupils should know and remember.
- In some subjects, the school's work to check on the impact of the curriculum is at an early stage. As a result, the school does not have a clear enough understanding of how well the curriculum is helping pupils to know and remember more. The school should ensure that in these subjects, it gains a stronger oversight of the curriculum so that it can make any necessary amendments to ensure that pupils build their knowledge securely over time.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
66 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
434 pupils on roll, with places for 420
Schools near Queen's Drive Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulwood and Cadley Primary School | 0.3 miles | Report card: Urgent improvement to needs attention | 41% met the expected standard |
| St Pius X Preparatory School | 0.4 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Preston | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| The Olive School, Preston | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | 88% met the expected standard |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston | 0.7 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 74% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Gomersall
- Phone
- 01772718344
- Address
- Black Bull Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3LA
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- URN
- 119292
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.