St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

PrestonConstituency

PR1 5XLPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, 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 347 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston is part of MATER ECCLESIAE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 18 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 41%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

52%

Asian

24%

Black

11%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

347

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

47%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 347
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least 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 Oct 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	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.