Graded inspection · May 2024 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
- 21 May 2024Graded inspection: Good · as St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, URN 119698
- 8 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, URN 119698
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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 entry118 applications · 45 places offered · 39 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2024 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (URN 119698), 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 | 45 | 118 | 2.6 | 39 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 * | 43 | 121 | 2.8 | 41 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 * | 45 | 101 | 2.2 | 35 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 * | 45 | 108 | 2.4 | 48 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 46 | 121 | 2.6 | 35 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 * | 45 | 124 | 2.8 | 47 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2020 * | 45 | 119 | 2.6 | 34 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2019 * | 45 | 122 | 2.7 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 46 | 154 | 3.4 | 57 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2017 * | 45 | 125 | 2.8 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 45 | 160 | 3.6 | 72 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2015 * | 46 | 143 | 3.1 | 57 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2014 * | 45 | 119 | 2.6 | 50 | 1.11 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, PrestonThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.6applications per place
- 0.4 km · LancashireSpecial measures 20263.4applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Lancashire20261.6applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · LancashireSerious weaknesses 20262.4applications per place 26%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · LancashireGood20232.2applications per place
- 1.4 km · LancashireRemains Good20221.4applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Lancashire20265.1applications per place 63%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
- 151965 · 888/3949
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 316 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (URN 119698)
- Address
- St Anthony's Drive, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3SQ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Preston
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources