The Ribble Autism School
Other independent special school in Preston (Lancashire).
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Nearby schools
nearest first27 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall, 0.1 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock HallVoluntary aided | 0.1 mi | Primary | 341 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Applebee Wood SchoolAcademy special sponsor led | 0.2 mi | Special | 179 | No overall grade, 2024Good in 1 key judgement, Requires improvement in 1, Inadequate in 2. This inspection was of the school this one replaced. |
| Lostock Hall Community Primary SchoolFoundation | 0.3 mi | Primary | 422 | Good, 2024 |
| Lostock Hall AcademyAcademy converter | 0.5 mi | Secondary | 759 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2022Last graded Good (Dec 2014) |
| Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.6 mi | Primary | 184 | Good, 2022 |
| Walton-le-Dale Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 446 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2024Last graded Good (Jan 2014) |
| Kingsfold Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.0 mi | Primary | 126 | Good, 2022 |
| St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.2 mi | Primary | 251 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 3 key judgements, Requires improvement in 1; early years provision Good |
| Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.3 mi | Primary | 204 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2023Last graded Good (Nov 2013) |
| St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.3 mi | Primary | 175 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.3 mi | Secondary | 772 | Ungraded inspection, May 2025Last graded Good (Nov 2015) |
| Penwortham Broad Oak Primary SchoolFoundation | 1.4 mi | Primary | 195 | Ungraded inspection, Sep 2022Last graded Good (Jul 2017) |
| Cuerden Church School, Bamber BridgeVoluntary aided | 1.4 mi | Primary | 195 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2023Last graded Good (Jan 2013) |
| Bridgeway SchoolOther independent special | 1.4 mi | Special | 56 | - |
| Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.4 mi | Primary | 228 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Jun 2015) |
| Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.6 mi | Primary | 95 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| The Coppice SchoolCommunity special | 1.6 mi | Special | 64 | Ungraded inspection, May 2024Last graded Good (Nov 2014) |
| Walton-Le-Dale High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.6 mi | Secondary | 688 | Requires improvement, 2022This inspection was of the school this one replaced. |
| Christ The King Catholic High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.6 mi | Secondary | 446 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-DaleVoluntary aided | 1.7 mi | Primary | 199 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Feb 2025, no grade given |
| Lever House Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 293 | Good, 2023 |
| Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, PenworthamVoluntary aided | 1.8 mi | Primary | 196 | Good, 2024 |
| Frenchwood Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.8 mi | Primary | 326 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 4 |
| Farington Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Primary | 180 | Good, 2024 |
| Imam Muhammad Zakariya SchoolOther independent | 1.9 mi | Independent | 136 | - |
| St Stephen's CofE SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.9 mi | Primary | 331 | Good, 2023 |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, PrestonAcademy converter | 2.0 mi | Primary | 273 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 20% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 9 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 70
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