Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 23 May 2023Graded inspection: Good · as St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling, URN 119630
- 8 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling, URN 119630
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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 entry9 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 10.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling (URN 119630), 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 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 * | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2021 * | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2014 * | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 57% · Writing 14% · Maths 43% → all three 14% 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 | 14% | 0% | 105 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 22% | 0% | 102 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 78% | 11% | 108 | 106 |
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 William's Catholic Primary School, PillingThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 14%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Lancashire20262.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · Lancashire20261.9applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · LancashireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · LancashireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · LancashireGood20233.7applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · LancashireSome aspects not as strong20258.0applications per place
- 6.5 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 6.6 km · LancashireGood20232.2applications per place 54%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
- 150580 · 888/3718
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 47 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2024
- Replaced
- St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling (URN 119630)
- Address
- Garstang Road, Pilling, Preston, PR3 6AL
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Wyre
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources