Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Ribbleton Avenue Infant School
This school
Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School
Partner infant school
Ribbleton Avenue Infant School
Nursery to Year 2 · next door from Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Ribbleton Avenue Infant School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 9 June 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 49% | 60% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 65% | 73% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 20% | 27% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 104 | 105 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School on 9 June 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for attendance and behaviour; Needs attention for achievement.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Ribbleton Avenue Infant School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. As a Methodist school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Lancashire, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Methodist school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School had 276 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 280. It is a mixed school.
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