Applebee Wood School
Far Croft, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5SS ·
At a glance
A state special school for ages 4–16 in Preston. Ofsted inspection (October 2024): Some areas below Good (no overall grade was given). Results aren't compared with the England average for special schools.
- Ages
- 4–16
- Pupils
- 179
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Academy trust
- THE SEA VIEW TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr John Cockerill
- Opened
- Sept 2025
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Department for Education performance tables
GCSE results, 2024/25 · 17 pupils
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
No school-level applications data is published for this school. It may admit pupils at a different age, or be a special or post-16 provider.
Catchment area
We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
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