Applebee Wood School
Special school in Preston, Lancashire. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Oct 2024). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 29 October 2024, report published 29 January 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This inspection was given to Applebee Wood Community Specialist School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Applebee Wood School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | 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 October 2028
The last inspection was in October 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
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 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby special schools
- 1.7 milesThe Coppice School
School remains Good (May 2024)
- 3.0 milesAcorns Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education outstanding (Jan 2025)
- 3.1 milesMoorbrook School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
- 3.4 milesRoyal Cross Primary School
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
- 3.5 milesSir Tom Finney Community High School
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.