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St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Leyland · PR25 1TL

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 October 2022

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At a glance

189 pupils · 90% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
30.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-annes-lancs.co.uk/
URN
119578

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 0.81 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.81 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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 James' CofE AcademyBedworth · 99 miles awayExpected standard65%
Howden-le-Wear Primary SchoolCrook · 80 miles awayGood41%
St John's Catholic Primary School, CamborneCamborne · 264 miles awayExpected standard85%
St Charles' RC Primary SchoolManchester · 19 miles awayGood68%
Bure Valley SchoolNorwich · 175 miles awayGood (2016)71%
Longridge Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 11 miles awayExpected standard83%
Nansloe AcademyHelston · 271 miles awayExpected standard63%
Moulton SchoolNorthwich · 33 miles awayExpected standard64%
Kiveton Park Meadows Junior SchoolSheffield · 64 miles awayNeeds attention46%
Wicklea AcademyBristol · 155 miles awayRequires improvement65%
Chiseldon Primary & Nursery SchoolSwindon · 156 miles awayGood62%
Lightmoor Village Primary SchoolTelford · 72 miles awayExpected standard63%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Lancashire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Lancashire 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.21 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
18.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

22.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,649; 20% 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£8,327
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 67% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £91,313; in-year balance -£61,722

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.4%62.3%
Social housing8.5%17.1%
Privately rented17.2%20.5%
Detached houses18.4%22.9%
Flats4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025459 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£198,000377 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£160,000–£305,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (137)£345,000
Semi-detached (149)£180,000
Terraced (83)£150,000
Flat (8)£93,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
26an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an urban school averages 6.1

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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