Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Ribble ValleyConstituency

PR2 3LPPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 216 pupils. Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston is part of MATER ECCLESIAE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 26 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

16%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

216

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 216
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: MATER ECCLESIAE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 May 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.