Royal Cross Primary School

State-Funded School

royal-cross-primary-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

PrestonConstituency

PR2 1NTPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Royal Cross Primary School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 34 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

12%

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

50%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 34
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 5 March 2025. 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
26 Mar 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.