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The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Preston

  • 3–11Ages
  • 393Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 149414URN

Farringdon Lane, Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • 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

69 applications for 29 places · 229th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
36%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 6 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention

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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) close to England median (2.2)

69 applications · 29 places offered · 29 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Dashed bars: as The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School (URN 119604), 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 202629692.4291.00
Sep 202549841.7470.96
Sep 202439802.1380.97
Sep 202330722.4270.90
Sep 2022 *30732.4240.80
Sep 2021 *39862.2391.00
Sep 2020 *46831.8370.80
Sep 2019 *45841.9430.96
Sep 2018 *54881.6470.87
Sep 2017 *551082.0520.95
Sep 2016 *601252.1641.07
Sep 2015 *601081.8601.00
Sep 2014 *60971.6500.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 59% · Maths 52% → all three 36% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard36%404th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard50%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard59%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard52%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2536%3%10099
2023/2426%0%10098
2022/2338%0%100100

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
149414 · 888/3638
Trust
Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
420 pupils · 393 on roll
Free school meals
33.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2022
Replaced
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School (URN 119604)
Address
Farringdon Lane, Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6LX
Local authority
Lancashire · Preston

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