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Applebee Wood Community Specialist School

URN: 119880

Address: Far Croft, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5SS

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 29 October 2024:

Quality of education:

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes:

Good

Personal development:

Requires Improvement

Leadership and management:

Inadequate

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 30 January 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 29 March 2023
    PDF – Published

  3. Short inspection Short inspection, PDF - 19 December 2017
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 13 February 2013
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: SatisfactoryFull inspection, PDF - 03 June 2010
    PDF – Published

  6. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 10 October 2006
    PDF – Published

  7. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 27 February 2002
    PDF – Published
  8. Opened

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Applebee Wood Community Specialist School

  • Type: Special School
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Lancashire

Pupils

  • Age Range: 4 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 161
  • School capacity: 147

Location

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  • Address: Far Croft, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5SS
  • Region: North West

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