Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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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 entry100 applications · 30 places offered · 34 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston (URN 119579), 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 | 30 | 100 | 3.3 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 107 | 3.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 100 | 3.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 * | 25 | 75 | 3.0 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 * | 23 | 80 | 3.5 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 27 | 87 | 3.2 | 23 | 0.85 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 76% · Writing 79% · Maths 73% → all three 64% 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 | 64% | 18% | 107 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 13% | 108 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 16% | 107 | 108 |
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
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, PrestonThis schoolThis school20263.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Lancashire20265.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · LancashireGood20243.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Lancashire20263.7applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20244.5applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · LancashireSpecial measures 20263.4applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · LancashireGood20242.6applications per place
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149307 · 888/3601
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 216 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2022
- Replaced
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston (URN 119579)
- Address
- Lightfoot Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3LP
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Preston
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources