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Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary School

Primary · Preston · PR3 2EP

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 March 2024

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At a glance

103 pupils · 98% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
4.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.whitechapel.lancsngfl.ac.uk/
URN
119154

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

It is far outside anything this school's other years or comparable schools show, so it would not tell you how close you need to live.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

14 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers75.5%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Francis Catholic Primary School, GoosnarghPreston · 2 miles awayStrong standard67%
Wessington Primary SchoolAlfreton · 72 miles awayExpected standard78%
Christow Primary SchoolExeter · 226 miles awayGood100%
Aveton Gifford CofE Primary SchoolKingsbridge · 250 miles awayExpected standard79%
St Neot Community Primary SchoolLiskeard · 247 miles awayGood53%
St Nicolas' CofE VA School, DownderryTorpoint · 253 miles awayGood38%
Wimbotsham and Stow AcademyKing's Lynn · 153 miles awayGood56%
Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · 73 miles awayGood74%
Sparsholt Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester · 200 miles awayGood86%
Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolBroseley · 88 miles awayGood77%
Jacobstow Community AcademyBude · 231 miles awayGood67%
Gorran SchoolSt Austell · 266 miles awayGood82%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 1% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,887; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,877
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £78,949; in-year balance -£15,381

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.2%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented7.4%20.5%
Detached houses61.5%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025279 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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