Applebee Wood School
Special schoolApplebee Wood School is a special school in South Ribble, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 179 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Applebee Wood School was 1.7, against 46.7 in South Ribble and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | South Ribble | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 1.7 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 44.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 67.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 20 | – | – |
- Applebee Wood School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock HallPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- The Ribble Autism SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file410 m
- Lostock Hall Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Lostock Hall AcademySecondary. School remains Good, November 2022. Attainment 8 of 47.2 (2025/26, provisional)880 m
- Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Kingsfold Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Ribble
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).