Acorns Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

PrestonConstituency

PR1 6AUPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Acorns Primary School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

It currently serves 93 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

55%

Asian

28%

Black

10%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

40%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 93
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
5 Feb 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
12 Dec 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.