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New Focus Education

Special · ages 6-16MixedIndependent17 pupilsPrestonLancashire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Places13 spare17 pupils, 30 places
Pupils on roll17Census January 2024

New Focus Education is an independent special school in Preston for boys and girls aged 6 to 16. It has 17 pupils and room for 30.

Cottam Centre, Cottam Lane, Preston, PR2 1AF0795 012 5471newfocuseducation.co.ukMrs Anita Cameron headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lancashire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll17Census January 2024
Places3057% full
Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan100%17 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls15 / 2

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m20912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate58 per 1,000 people36% lower than the England average
Typical house price£200,000Preston
Nearest bus stop40 mCottam Lane Surgery, 17 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England140 m424No overall grade 202477Compare
Ashton Community Science CollegeCouncil740 m837Good 202348Compare
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, PrestonAcademy880 m209Good 202314Compare
Royal Cross Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles34Not inspected–Compare
Ingol Community Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles208Report card 202659Compare
Cedar Lodge SchoolIndependent0.7 miles4Not inspected–Compare
The Roebuck SchoolCouncil0.8 miles340Report card 202610Compare
Ashton Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles194Report card 20266Compare
All schools in LancashireAll schools in PrestonBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is New Focus Education a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score New Focus Education yet.

How many pupils does New Focus Education have?

17 pupils aged 6 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 57% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Cottam Centre, Cottam Lane, Preston, PR2 1AF
Telephone
0795 012 5471
Website
www.newfocuseducation.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Anita Cameron
Type of school
Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 6-16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Lancashire
Ward
Ashton
Constituency
Preston
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
12 February 2025 (new provision)
URN
151120 · LAESTAB 8886137 · UKPRN 10099270
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from