Graded inspection · May 2022 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 | Outstanding |
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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 entry67 applications · 26 places offered · 22 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2024 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 3.2; 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 Ignatius' Catholic Primary School (URN 119610), 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 | 26 | 67 | 2.6 | 22 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2025 * | 27 | 87 | 3.2 | 29 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 * | 27 | 75 | 2.8 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 * | 27 | 71 | 2.6 | 22 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 * | 17 | 53 | 3.1 | 10 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2021 * | 17 | 46 | 2.7 | 13 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2020 * | 27 | 55 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2019 * | 25 | 61 | 2.4 | 16 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2018 * | 27 | 92 | 3.4 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 18 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 * | 27 | 80 | 3.0 | 28 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2015 * | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 * | 28 | 93 | 3.3 | 38 | 1.36 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, PrestonThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.6applications per place
- 0.7 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Lancashire20261.8applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · LancashireNot yet inspected
- 1.0 km · Lancashire20261.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Lancashire20263.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LancashireSerious weaknesses 20262.4applications per place 26%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LancashireGood20233.6applications per place 79%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
- 151562 · 888/3647
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 189 pupils · 193 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2025
- Replaced
- St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School (URN 119610)
- Address
- St Ignatius Square, Preston, PR1 1TT
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Preston
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources