Graded inspection · Nov 2021 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 |
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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 entry22 applications · 6 places offered · 4 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2024 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St Mary and Michael Catholic Primary School (URN 119617), 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 | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 4 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2025 * | 13 | 27 | 2.1 | 7 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2024 * | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2023 * | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 * | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 23 | 45 | 2.0 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 * | 21 | 51 | 2.4 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 25 | 67 | 2.7 | 32 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2015 * | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 22 | 51 | 2.3 | 26 | 1.18 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, GarstangThis schoolThis schoolGood20213.7applications per place
- 0.8 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · LancashireGood20232.5applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · LancashireGood20232.6applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · LancashireGood20233.7applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · LancashireSome aspects not as strong20258.0applications per place
- 3.9 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · Lancashire20261.0applications per place
- 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
- 151563 · 888/3702
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 175 pupils · 97 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2025
- Replaced
- St Mary and Michael Catholic Primary School (URN 119617)
- Address
- Castle Lane, Garstang, Preston, PR3 1RB
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Wyre
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources