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.

21. Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School
This Chorley primary school was rated outstanding in July 2023 | Google Maps

22. Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
The school in Lytham St Annes was rated outstanding in May 2023 | Google

23. Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School
This Blackpool school was rated outstanding in November 2022 | BBC

24. Lytham Hall Park Primary School
This Lytham St Annes school was rated outstanding in November 2021 | Google Maps


