The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A91
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Preston, PR4 2BT
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
Dubside, Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2WQ
Local ranking78th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
157
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 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
- 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)
- 79.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 21.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 19
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 147
- Boys
- 76 (52%)
- Girls
- 71 (48%)
- Capacity
- 157 (94% full)
- SEND
- 10.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.9%
- EAL
- 3.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 6.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,434/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided 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
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- White British: 91.8%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
91.8%
White British
1.4%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dubside
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119559
- UKPRN
- 10080223
- Establishment No.
- 3573
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