Academy sponsor led · Primary
Preston · PR1 7YE · Lancashire
Ages 2–11
Status: Proposed to open
0.1 miles away
Open, but proposed to closePrimaryURN 119229
Eldon Primary School
Community school · Preston · PR1 7YE
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
239
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Preston, Lancashire, 239 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 20.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 3–11
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Ages 4–11
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open, but proposed to close
- URN
- 119229
Location
- Address
- Eldon Street
- Postcode
- PR1 7YE
- Town
- Preston
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 239
- Boys / girls
- 114 / 125
- School capacity
- 248
- Capacity fill
- 239 / 248 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- FSM pupils
- 50
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Azra Butt
- Telephone
- 01772253557
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Inadequate
Inspection date
2024-03-20
Category of concern
SWK
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 77%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 111.0