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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 1 July 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 12 October 2011Graded inspection: Good · as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston, URN 119625
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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 entry25 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 5.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 9.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 6.0; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston (URN 119625), the previous school.
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 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 * | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 63% · Writing 63% · Maths 75% → all three 63% 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 | 63% | 25% | 103 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 50% | 0% | 107 | 102 |
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, Great EcclestonThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20255.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · LancashireGood20231.5applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · LancashireGood20232.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · LancashireRemains Good20223.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · LancashireGood20243.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · Lancashire20269.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · LancashireGood20233.7applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · LancashireGood20241.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149264 · 888/3712
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 54 pupils · 44 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Replaced
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston (URN 119625)
- Address
- St Mary's Road, Great Eccleston, Preston, PR3 0ZJ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Wyre
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources