Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry12 applications · 4 places offered · 4 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 6.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.4
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 2 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2019 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 8 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 100% · Maths 86% → all three 86% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 86% | 0% | 108 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 63% | 0% | 110 | 104 |
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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-BrockThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · LancashireRemains Good20231.5applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · LancashireRemains Good20242.7applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · LancashireGood20213.7applications per place
- 3.9 km · LancashireGood20232.6applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · Lancashire20261.0applications per place
- 4.4 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · LancashireGood20232.5applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · LancashireOutstanding20233.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 119619 · 888/3704
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 49 pupils · 47 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Smithy Lane, Claughton-on-Brock, Preston, PR3 0PN
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Wyre
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources