Holme Slack Community Primary School

State-Funded School

holme-slack-community-primary-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

PrestonConstituency

PR1 6HPPostcode

2.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Holme Slack Community 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 199 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 1 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 39%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

58%

Asian

24%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

199

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

44%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 199
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

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 9 July 2021. 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
17 Dec 2015	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.