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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  • 3–11Ages
  • 347Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 149314URN

Rigby Street, St Joseph's, Preston, PR1 5XL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
0.8 above Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

117 applications for 35 places · 59th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
78%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 18 March 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. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard

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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 entry
3.3applications per place, Reception
0.8 above Lancashire median (2.6) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

117 applications · 35 places offered · 33 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston (URN 119430), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026351173.3330.94
Sep 2025441373.1441.00
Sep 2024411423.5390.95
Sep 2023451262.8511.13
Sep 2022 *401082.7370.93
Sep 2021 *451353.0561.24
Sep 2020 *451272.8400.89
Sep 2019 *451353.0591.31
Sep 2018 *451152.6360.80
Sep 2017 *401102.8340.85
Sep 2016 *451022.3290.64
Sep 2015 *331133.4280.85
Sep 2014 *30983.3250.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 78% · Maths 82% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%62nd of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard78%
Greater depth16%
Maths
Expected standard82%
Higher standard40%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2578%11%106107
2023/2441%0%100101
2022/2363%2%102104

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
149314 · 888/3322
Trust
Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
315 pupils · 347 on roll
Free school meals
30.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2022
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston (URN 119430)
Address
Rigby Street, St Joseph's, Preston, PR1 5XL
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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