The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Preston

Primary · Preston · PR2 6LX

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 6 May 2026

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At a glance

393 pupils · 94% of 420 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 3–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Free school meals: 33.1% of pupils
English as additional language: 21.4% of pupils
SEN support: 20.6% of pupils
EHC plan: 3.6% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: https://www.blessedsacrament.lancs.sch.uk/
URN: 149414

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

36%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

100

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

7.1%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

18.2%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

28.1

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 21% moved to another state school · 11% 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

This school£6,509

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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

3 March 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Moor Nook Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.2 mi
Sir Tom Finney Community High SchoolGood · Special / other · 0.2 mi
Preston Greenlands Community Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 0.3 mi
Preston Grange Primary SchoolNeeds attention · Primary · 0.5 mi
St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, PrestonGood · Primary · 0.6 mi
Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and NurseryGood · Primary · 0.7 mi
Brookfield Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.7 mi
Fishwick Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.8 mi

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