Catforth Primary School
Primary · Preston · PR4 0HL
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 14 September 2023
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100 pupils · 96% of 104 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 15% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 11.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 10.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.9% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.catforthprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 119160
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.77 first-choice applications per place13 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
12 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 14 September 2023: School remains Good
- 12 September 2018: Good
- 13 July 2016: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School
- St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham
- Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School
- Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School
- Cottam Primary School
- Aurora Keyes Barn School
- Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
- Pool House Community Primary School