# Fulwood and Cadley Primary School

Fulwood and Cadley Primary School is a primary school in Preston, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 320 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E119151. [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 320
- Council: Preston
- URN: 119151

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, March 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures
- Inspection: Report card, 3 March 2026
- Safeguarding: Not met
- Inclusion: Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention
- Early years: Needs attention
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 41% of pupils at Fulwood and Cadley Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

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.
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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Our Lady's Catholic High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-ladys-catholic-high-school-e119779): 370 m. Secondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 54.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-anthonys-catholic-primary-school-preston-e151965): 370 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024, before the school changed
- [Queen's Drive Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queens-drive-primary-school-e119292): 560 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Pius X Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pius-x-preparatory-school-e119822): 660 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Fulwood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fulwood-academy-e135936): 680 m. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2023. Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Moorbrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moorbrook-school-e119866): 790 m. Special. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119151)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119151)

## How to cite

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