St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton
Ofsted: Good
Score
B76
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Preston, PR4 5EB
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Longton Primary School
School lane, Longton, Preston, PR4 5YA
Local ranking15th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 83.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 17.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 203
- Boys
- 97 (48%)
- Girls
- 106 (52%)
- Capacity
- 210 (97% full)
- SEND
- 10.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.9%
- EAL
- 1.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 8.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,399/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 2.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 3.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- White Other: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
93.1%
White British
3.0%
Mixed Other
1.5%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 119350
- UKPRN
- 10077696
- Establishment No.
- 2830
- Trust
- Axia Learning Alliance
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