Primary school offers will be sent out across Lancashire on Wednesday, April 16.
Ahead of the day, we thought we’d take a look at the primary schools from across the county that are considered the best by the educational watchdog.
Primary schools can be rated one of four grades - outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate - with a mix of ratings being given out throughout the year.
As of September however, Ofsted also changed the way it inspects school so that in the more recent reports, no overall effectiveness rating is given instead just individual ratings across categories.
In the following gallery therefore we have included the schools who were rated oustanding under the old system or outstanding across the board in the new:
Interested in looking at secondary schools instead? Take a look at the top-performing secondary schools in Lancashire as per the latest GCSE results here.
5. Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
This Garstang school was rated outstanding across all categories in January 2025 | Google Maps
6. Hambleton Primary Academy
This Poulton-le-Fylde school was rated outstanding across all categories in January 2025 | Google Maps
7. Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School
This Darwen school was rated outstanding across all categories in January 2025 | Google Maps
8. Layton Primary School
This Blackpool school was rated outstanding in September 2024 | Google Maps