St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Ribble ValleyConstituency

PR5 6TAPostcode

1.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

It currently serves 251 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 36%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

251

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

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: Average
Total pupils: 251
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 Mar 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
16 Mar 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
17 May 2013	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.