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Holme Slack Community Primary School

Preston, PR1 6HPPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Mar 2026
KS2 Results
39%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.8×
Not oversubscribed
15 1st-choice / 18 places
Ranking
#12,654
of 13,686 nationally

About Holme Slack Community Primary School

Holme Slack Community Primary School is a state primary in Preston that parents clearly want to get into. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 44 applications for just 18 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.44. That means more than two families applied for every spot, and of the 15 first-preference applications, all 15 were offered places — a strong signal that local families rank it highly. The school is led by headteacher Michelle Peck and currently has 207 pupils, just under its capacity of 210. It’s a mixed, non-religious school for children aged 4 to 11, with no nursery provision. The most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in July 2021, confirmed the school remains Good, a rating it has held since at least its previous graded inspection in November 2015, when it was upgraded from Requires Improvement.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressManor House Lane, Preston, Preston, PR1 6HP
HeadteacherMichelle Peck
Local AuthorityLancashire
Number of Pupils207
Free School Meals (FSM)55.1%
School Capacity207 / 210 (99% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

9 Jul 2021
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (9 Jul 2021): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 17 Dec 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

8
Sports HallICT SuiteGymnasiumOutdoor PlaygroundPlaying FieldsDining HallForest SchoolChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

8

Sports

SwimmingRoundersCricketTennisAthletics

Clubs & Activities

CodingDramaChoir

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

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Resourced Provision
DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning DifficultyResourced Provision

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:20

Breakfast club

07:50-08:50

After-school care

15:15-17:45

Source: holmeslackprimary.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Holme Slack Community Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.