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.

17. Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
This Chorley primary school was rated outstanding in November 2023. | Google Maps Photo: Google Maps

18. St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley
This Chorley school was rated outstanding in November 2023 | Google Maps Photo: Google Maps

19. Wensley Fold Primary School
This Blackburn primary school was rated outstanding in November 2023 | Google Maps

20. Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School
This Nelson primary school was rated outstanding in November 2023 | Google Maps


