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.

13. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
This Lancaster school was rated outstanding in June 2024 | Google Maps

14. Torrisholme Community Primary School
This Morecambe school was rated outstanding in April 2024 | Google Maps

15. Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
This Preston school was rated outstanding in January 2024 | Google Maps

16. Laneshawbridge Primary School
This Colne school was rated outstanding in December 2023 | Google Maps


