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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 3 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained · as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, URN 119634
- 2 June 2015Graded inspection: Good · as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, URN 119634
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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 entry51 applications · 15 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2024 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic Primary School (URN 119634), 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 | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 23 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2025 * | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 15 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 * | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 * | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 * | 16 | 41 | 2.6 | 18 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 19 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 15 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 * | 14 | 34 | 2.4 | 17 | 1.21 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea TownThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20243.4applications per place
- 1.5 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20245.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Lancashire20261.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Lancashire20262.3applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.1applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · LancashireRemains Good20222.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · LancashireGood20232.2applications per place
- 3.2 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 70%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
- 151968 · 888/3726
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 102 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School (URN 119634)
- Address
- Darkinson Lane, Lea Town, Preston, PR4 0RJ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Preston
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources