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Royal Cross Primary School

Special school in Preston PR2 1NT

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  • School Reference Number: 133688
  • Address: Elswick Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston PR2 1NT
  • Headteacher: Mrs Sofia Parveen
  • Telephone: 01772 729705
  • Website: royalcross.lancs.sch.uk
  • Type: Special schools
  • Sub-Type: Community special school
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 42
  • Local Education Authority: Lancashire
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 3 to 11
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: September 2001*

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 04/03/2015

Rating published on 26/03/2015

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding

Early years provision: Outstanding

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
18 June 2019 3 July 2019 Short inspection
4 March 2015 26 March 2015 Full inspection Outstanding
17 October 2011 16 November 2011 Full inspection Outstanding
30 November 2010 27 January 2011 Curriculum and development visit
27 January 2009 17 February 2009 Full inspection Good
1 December 2005 24 January 2006 Full inspection Good

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number133688
Local Authority Code888
Local Authority NameLancashire
Establishment Number7110
School / College NameRoyal Cross Primary School
Establishment Type Code07
Establishment typeCommunity special school
Establishment Type Group Code5
Establishment Type GroupSpecial schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date01-09-2001
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low3
Age range High11
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionHas Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity42
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils26
Number of Boys12
Number of Girls14
Percentage Free School Meals50.00
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10076667
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date15-11-2024
StreetElswick Road
LocalityAshton-on-Ribble
Address3
TownPreston
County (name)Lancashire
PostcodePR2 1NT
Websitehttp://www.royalcross.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone01772729705
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameSofia
Headteacher/Principal last nameParveen
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionNot applicable
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE07000123
DistrictPreston
Ward CodeE05012202
WardLea & Larches
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001433
Parliamentary ConstituencyPreston
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000017
Easting350321
Northing430197
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Preston 013
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Preston 013F
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN100012749001
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005265
LSOA CodeE01025269
Free School Meals13
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN133688
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/133688
LAESTAB8887110
School nameRoyal Cross Primary School
Ofsted phaseSpecial
Type of educationCommunity Special School
School open date01/09/2001
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityLancashire
Parliamentary constituencyPreston
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodePR2 1NT
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils26
Statutory lowest age3
Statutory highest age11
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10082112
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection133688
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection8887110
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionRoyal Cross Primary School
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionCommunity Special School
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection1
Date of latest ungraded inspection18/06/2019
Ungraded inspection publication date02/07/2019
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Outstanding
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspectionITS448942
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date04/03/2015
Publication date26/03/2015
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection133688
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8887110
School name at time of latest graded inspectionRoyal Cross Primary School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionCommunity Special School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessOutstanding
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Safeguarding is effective?N/A
Early years provisionOutstanding
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS381532
Previous inspection start date17/10/2011
Previous publication date16/11/2011
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection133688
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8887110
School name at time of previous graded inspectionRoyal Cross Primary School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionCommunity Special School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness1
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionOutstanding
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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