School profile
Applebee Wood School
Far Croft, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5SS
Overview
Applebee Wood School is a special / send school (academy special sponsor led) in Preston, North West, for pupils aged 4–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Age range
- Ages 4–16
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- School capacity
- 169
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 152064
Admissions
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Academy trust or group
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 29 October 2024 · Published 29 January 2025
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Applebee Wood Community Specialist School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Ofsted recorded this school in a category of concern: Special measures. The official report explains what this means and what happens next.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 8 February 2023 · Published 28 March 2023
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Applebee Wood Community Specialist School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Far Croft, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 5SS
- Local authority
- Lancashire
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