St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea Town
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Preston, PR4 0RJ
- Distance
- 0.0km away
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Darkinson Lane, Lea Town, Preston, PR4 0RJ
Primary
Phase
105
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 August 2025 and continues as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea Town (URN 151968) (opened 1 September 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 59.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 17
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 108
- Boys
- 56 (52%)
- Girls
- 52 (48%)
- Capacity
- 105 (103% full)
- SEND
- 31.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.4%
- EAL
- 2.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 27.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,220/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 84.3%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
84.3%
White British
3.7%
White Other
3.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Darkinson Lane
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119634
- UKPRN
- 10072681
- Establishment No.
- 3726
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