Moorbrook School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Preston, PR2 3DB
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Acorns Primary School
Moor Park, Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6AU
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
70
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 January 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 92
- Boys
- 58 (63%)
- Girls
- 34 (37%)
- Capacity
- 70 (131% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.3%
- EAL
- 25.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £28,094/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 41.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 54.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 10.9%
- Asian Indian: 9.8%
- Asian Other: 8.7%
- Black African: 7.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- White Traveller: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
54.4%
White British
10.9%
Asian Pakistani
9.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135347
- UKPRN
- 10076628
- Establishment No.
- 7119
Often compared with
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- Moorbrook School
Preston · 1.3km away
- Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Preston · 2.6km away
- Cedar Lodge School
Preston · 2.7km away
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