Fulwood and Cadley Primary School

State-Funded School

fulwood-and-cadley-primary-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Ribble ValleyConstituency

PR2 3QTPostcode

1.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Fulwood and Cadley Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 320 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Mar 2026 · published 13 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Not met

Evaluation areas

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
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 49%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

22%

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

320

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

24%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 320
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 January 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Oct 2011	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.