Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School
Primary school in Preston, Lancashire. Inadequate (Mar 2023). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 7 March 2023, report published 10 May 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Hesketh-with-Becconsall All Saints CofE School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2027
The last inspection was in March 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 1.3 milesTarleton Community Primary School
School remains Good (Nov 2023)
- 1.7 milesHoole St Michael CofE Primary School
Report card, Jan 2026: 1 expected, 6 needs attention
- 2.2 milesTarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
School remains Good (Jul 2023)
- 2.6 milesLittle Hoole Primary School
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
- 2.9 milesLongton Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jan 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.