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Ribbleton Avenue Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Preston, PR1 5RU · Lancashire local authority

Preston’s School Grade C+ better than 40% of towns in England

Getting in
52/52
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
244 pupils
93% of its 262 places
Free school meals
22%
22 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Ribbleton Avenue Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (52 of 52)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PR1 5) sold for a median £110,750; Preston’s is £140,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Ribbleton Avenue Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

52
families put it first for September 2026
58
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (9), 2020 (6), 2021 (1), 2024 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Lancashire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Lancashire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Preston, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.29 per place
77% got their first choice
1.29 per place
76% got their first choice
1.13 per place
79% got their first choice
1.13 per place
82% got their first choice
1.10 per place
82% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
97% got their first choice
Ribbleton Avenue Infant
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

229 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
14.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
59.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 40%Boys 60%
Its letter

No letter for Ribbleton Avenue Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), October 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Ribbleton Avenue Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PR1 5, the school’s postcode sector

Preston property prices →
£110,750
median sale, 220 sales in 36 months · Preston £140,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K2010201520202025PR1 5Preston
PR1 5Preston

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£164K
Terraced
£105K
Flat
£45K
PR1 5Preston

Homes in PR1 5 sell for well under Preston’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

28 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+C−B−C+C−DC−DC−D−DDDA−DAB−AAA+DBB−D−D−CC+B+Ribbleton Avenue Infant Sch…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Preston, PR1 5RU

Ribbleton Avenue Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Ribbleton Avenue Infant School?

For September 2026, 52 families put Ribbleton Avenue Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 58 places were offered in all.

What is Ribbleton Avenue Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (October 2024).

How much do houses cost near Ribbleton Avenue Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, PR1 5, sold for a median £110,750 over the 36 months to August 2026 (220 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Preston’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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