St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham
Primary · Preston · PR4 3HA
Data updated
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 27 February 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
100 pupils · 85% of 118 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 29.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 12% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 5.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151087
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 0.71 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 27 February 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.71 first-choice applications per place14 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Preston school admissions · Lancashire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 81% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Black African 8% (Lancashire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Lancashire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
3.26 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
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £51,882; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 12.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 53.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 80.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 10.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 44.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 39.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025012 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £182,500181 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £128,500–£253,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 2an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an 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
Nearby schools
- Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School
- Kirkham and Wesham Primary School
- Kirkham Pear Tree School
- The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham
- Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary School
- Carr Hill High School
- Treales Church of England Primary School
- Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
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