St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C69
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Preston, PR2 9HH
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Sherwood Primary School
Sherwood Way, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9GA
Local ranking41st of 466 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 86.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 28.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 94.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 113.0
- Cohort Size
- 64
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 427
- Boys
- 216 (51%)
- Girls
- 211 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (102% full)
- SEND
- 11.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.6%
- EAL
- 49.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,291/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 39.3%
- Asian Indian: 28.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 14.6%
- Asian Other: 5.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- White Other: 1.4%
39.3%
White British
28.5%
Asian Indian
14.6%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Sherwood Way
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119339
- UKPRN
- 10069897
- Establishment No.
- 2818
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