Imam Muhammad Zakariya School

Ofsted inspection

This independent school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), not Ofsted. ISI doesn't publish its judgements as open data, so we can't show them here. You can read its reports on the ISI website.

What parents say

24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey between 1 January 2024 and 6 January 2025.

Parents choose whether to take part, so these answers may not represent all families. Figures are the share who agree or strongly agree. England figures are all parents answering the same questions over the same period, for state-funded schools. The scales run from lower (left) to higher (right) agreement, and the dot marks this school among state schools of the same phase that used the same survey questions. The third it falls in is coloured: green for the top third, amber the middle, red the bottom. This survey used Ofsted's previous Parent View questions, which changed in November 2025. Source: Ofsted Parent View management information.

Results

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Admissions

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Pupils, staff and SEND

Comparisons are with primary schools. Scales run from lower (left) to higher (right) figures. For absence and suspensions lower is better, so their scales run green to red; blue scales describe the school's pupils and staff and aren't good or bad. * Calculated by SchoolScores from the council's or England's schools, weighted by pupils (or teachers, for turnover); other figures are published by DfE. Sources: DfE school census 2024/25.

Nearby primary schools

• St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston 0.3 miles · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
• Frenchwood Community Primary School 0.5 miles · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 3 expected, 4 needs attention · 39% met expected standard (KS2)
• St Stephen's CofE School 0.5 miles · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 55% met expected standard (KS2)
• St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston 0.6 miles · Ofsted: Good (2022, before conversion) · 54% met expected standard (KS2)
• English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston 0.8 miles · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023 · 41% met expected standard (KS2)
• St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School 0.9 miles · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
• Deepdale Community Primary School 1.1 miles · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston 1.1 miles · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
• St Matthew's CofE Primary Academy 1.1 miles · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 42% met expected standard (KS2)
• Penwortham Middleforth CofE Primary School 1.2 miles · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023 · 61% met expected standard (KS2)

Straight-line distance. Distance isn't the same as a catchment area.

Questions parents ask

Sources

• School details: Get Information about Schools (DfE), 26 September 2026. URN 132738.
• Parent views: Ofsted Parent View, 1 January 2024 to 6 January 2025.

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