Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Preston, PR5 4TD
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School
Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6TA
Local ranking400th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
315
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 14 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
- Requires improvement
- 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)
- 52.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 46
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 267
- Boys
- 147 (55%)
- Girls
- 120 (45%)
- Capacity
- 315 (85% full)
- SEND
- 14.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.5%
- EAL
- 22.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 11.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,894/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.1%
- White Other: 11.0%
- Black African: 4.9%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Asian Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.1%
70.1%
White British
11.0%
White Other
4.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 119704
- UKPRN
- 10080325
- Establishment No.
- 3981
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