St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Preston, PR1 5XL
- Distance
- 0.2km away
St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy
New Hall Lane, Preston, PR1 5XB
Local ranking387th of 466 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
406
Capacity
3-11
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
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 42.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 44.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 57
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 456
- Boys
- 228 (50%)
- Girls
- 228 (50%)
- Capacity
- 406 (112% full)
- SEND
- 18.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.6%
- EAL
- 67.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 15.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,187/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 31.8%
- White Other: 18.9%
- Asian Indian: 15.3%
- White British: 13.2%
- Asian Other: 7.2%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Other: 1.8%
31.8%
Asian Pakistani
18.9%
White Other
15.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
New Hall Lane
Preston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 148904
- UKPRN
- 10089916
- Establishment No.
- 3636
- Trust
- CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
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