Sherwood Primary School
Primary schoolSherwood Primary School is a primary school in Preston, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 425 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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 2024/25, 86% of pupils at Sherwood Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
28% 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 | 86% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 28% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110 | 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
In a straight line- St Clare's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Corpus Christi Catholic High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 54.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Preston CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.1 km
- Archbishop Temple Church of England High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 56.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- The Olive School, PrestonPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Preston
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).