Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong 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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Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 17 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston, URN 119587
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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 entry131 applications · 35 places offered · 31 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston (URN 119587), 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 | 35 | 131 | 3.7 | 31 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 36 | 144 | 4.0 | 39 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 36 | 126 | 3.5 | 53 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2023 | 36 | 119 | 3.3 | 28 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 * | 36 | 125 | 3.5 | 44 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2021 * | 36 | 120 | 3.3 | 37 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 36 | 121 | 3.4 | 25 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 * | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 35 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 * | 32 | 110 | 3.4 | 23 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 * | 35 | 106 | 3.0 | 27 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2016 * | 36 | 141 | 3.9 | 32 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 36 | 125 | 3.5 | 29 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 * | 36 | 119 | 3.3 | 40 | 1.11 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 94% → all three 74% 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 | 74% | 11% | 107 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 22% | 108 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 84% | 24% | 109 | 110 |
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 Clare's Catholic Primary School, PrestonThis schoolThis school20263.7applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20244.5applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · LancashireGood20243.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · LancashireStandards maintained20244.0applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Lancashire20263.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · LancashireGood20242.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · LancashireSpecial measures 20263.4applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Lancashire20252.5applications per place 65%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149313 · 888/3611
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 252 pupils · 279 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2022
- Replaced
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston (URN 119587)
- Address
- Sharoe Green Lane North, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HH
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Preston
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources