Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Preston · PR3 0HS
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 19 September 2023
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169 pupils · 100% of 147 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 11.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.sthelens.lancs.sch.uk
- URN
- 119361
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.14 first-choice applications per place21 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
20 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)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school
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
- 19 September 2023: Good
- 12 June 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Garstang Community Academy
- Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
- St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang
- Nateby Primary School
- Garstang Community Primary School
- St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery
- Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School
- Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School