Schools in Leyland

Moss Side and Worden lie nearby.

Once the workshop of Lancashire's vehicle-building trade, Leyland sits in the South Ribble district some six miles south of Preston, a town whose name became synonymous with commercial motoring through decades of lorry and bus manufacture. The town grew around that industrial identity through the twentieth century, leaving a compact centre and residential neighbourhoods that attract families across a broad catchment. Croston draws families looking to compete for primary places in this stretch of Lancashire, while Leyland itself remains the school-competitive core of the South Ribble district. Around 36,000 people live across the town, with regular Northern Rail services linking Leyland station to Preston in around ten minutes.