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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock

Primary · Preston · PR3 0PN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 January 2025

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At a glance

47 pupils · 96% of 49 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.claughtonprimary.co.uk
URN
119619

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 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. At its inspection on 7 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
86%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school86%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
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
Longtown Community Primary SchoolHereford · 133 miles awayGood100%
St Mabyn CofE SchoolBodmin · 247 miles awayGood71%
Lynton Church of England Primary SchoolLynton · 189 miles awayGood67%
Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolBridgnorth · 93 miles awayGood50%
Darite Primary AcademyLiskeard · 245 miles awayGood57%
St Wenn SchoolBodmin · 253 miles awayExpected standard57%
Lewknor Church of England Primary SchoolWatlington · 169 miles awayGood60%
St John's Catholic Primary SchoolStafford · 80 miles awayExpected standard73%
Leven Valley CofE Primary SchoolULVERSTON · 28 miles awayGood64%
Elham Church of England Primary SchoolCanterbury · 248 miles awayGood60%
Ennerdale and Kinniside CofE Primary SchoolCleator · 54 miles awayExpected standard78%
Empingham Church of England Primary SchoolOakham · 122 miles awayGood45%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%)

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)
3.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3%
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
15.5
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 £47,251; 0% 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£10,988
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 9% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£10,336; in-year balance -£31,999

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.6%62.3%
Social housing11.9%17.1%
Privately rented18.5%20.5%
Detached houses48.2%22.9%
Flats7.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025547 · 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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