Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge
Primary · Preston · PR3 3BJ
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 19 October 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
235 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 9.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151005
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.89 first-choice applications per place19 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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)
29 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)
71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 19% 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, 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.
Nearby schools
- St Cecilia's RC High School
- Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School
- Longridge High School
- Longridge Church of England Primary School
- Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School
- Barnacre Road Primary School
- Hillside Specialist School and College
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston