St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham
Primary · Preston · PR3 5DY
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 1 October 2024
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135 pupils · 107% of 126 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151561
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 0.94 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 1 October 2024 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 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place18 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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 78% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 5% (Lancashire 3%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Lancashire 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Lancashire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Lancashire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · White Irish 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,527; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 49% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 8.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 50.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 6.7% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 59.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 93.6% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 5.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 67.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 53.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025281 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £391,00037 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £310,000–£450,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
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
Nearby schools
- Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
- Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School
- Broughton High School
- Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston
- Harris Primary School
- Catforth Primary School
- Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School
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