Acorns Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Preston, PR1 6AU
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Moorbrook School
Ainslie Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3DB
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
93
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 3.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 22
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 44.0%
- Continued in education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 33.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 72
- Boys
- 75 (89%)
- Girls
- 9 (11%)
- Capacity
- 93 (90% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 76.4%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £34,451/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 36.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 73.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.3%
- Mixed Other: 4.4%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
85.3%
White British
4.4%
Mixed Other
2.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ainslie Road
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119866
- UKPRN
- 10016604
- Establishment No.
- 7014
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