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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Preston

  • 3–11Ages
  • 214Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 149317URN

Downing Street, Preston, PR1 4RH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

63 applications for 26 places · 216th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
47%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 25 November 2025Published 21 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
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.

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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
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to Lancashire median (2.6) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

63 applications · 26 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (URN 119700), 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 202626632.4230.88
Sep 202521502.4170.81
Sep 202414473.4141.00
Sep 20237324.671.00
Sep 2022 *22421.9200.91
Sep 2021 *16362.3150.94
Sep 2020 *21512.4160.76
Sep 2019 *25461.8210.84
Sep 2018 *24602.5170.71
Sep 2017 *20442.2190.95
Sep 2016 *24512.1190.79
Sep 2015 *21502.4200.95
Sep 2014 *21462.2211.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 63% · Maths 60% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%355th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard70%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard63%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard60%
Higher standard17%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2547%3%103102
2023/2437%3%101103
2022/2323%0%9997

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
149317 · 888/3954
Trust
Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 214 on roll
Free school meals
42.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2022
Replaced
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (URN 119700)
Address
Downing Street, Preston, PR1 4RH
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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