St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
F38
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Preston, PR5 6TA
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School
Larch Grove, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6GX
Local ranking417th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
168
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 March 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
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 20.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 45.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 45.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 25.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 40.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 97.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 95.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 97.0
- Cohort Size
- 20
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 118
- Boys
- 63 (53%)
- Girls
- 55 (47%)
- Capacity
- 168 (70% full)
- SEND
- 22.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.1%
- EAL
- 9.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 19.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,138/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.2%
- Asian Other: 6.0%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Black African: 3.5%
- Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
80.2%
White British
6.0%
Asian Other
3.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Larch Grove
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119380
- UKPRN
- 10073471
- Establishment No.
- 3085
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