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.

9. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School
This Haslingden school was rated outstanding in September 2024 | Google Maps

10. Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School
This Leyland school was rated outstanding in July 2024 | Google Maps

11. Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School
This Chorley school was rated outstanding in July 2024 | Google Maps Photo: Google Maps

12. Brabin's Endowed School
This Chipping school was rated outstanding in July 2024 | Google Maps


