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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 234Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 119556URN

Hardhorn Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7SR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.4 above Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

85 applications for 29 places · 104th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
68%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 18 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 22 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.9applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Lancashire median (2.6) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

85 applications · 29 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202629852.9230.79
Sep 202527963.6240.89
Sep 2024351223.5340.97
Sep 2023351143.3300.86
Sep 2022361263.5381.06
Sep 2021351383.9431.23
Sep 2020351343.8431.23
Sep 2019351353.9361.03
Sep 2018351303.7491.40
Sep 2017351394.0411.17
Sep 2016351093.1300.86
Sep 2015351133.2371.06
Sep 2014351143.3340.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 79% · Maths 76% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%160th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard88%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth18%
Maths
Expected standard76%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2568%6%106105
2023/2460%0%104106
2022/2353%6%103104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119556 · 888/3570
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
245 pupils · 234 on roll
Free school meals
8.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Hardhorn Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7SR
Local authority
Lancashire · Wyre

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources