St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

PrestonConstituency

PR1 5XBPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

It currently serves 415 pupils. St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy is part of Cidari Education Limited.

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

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 38%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

31%

Asian

55%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

415

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

29%

England average

27%

First language not English

73%

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: 415
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Cidari Education Limited

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
13 Feb 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
18 Jan 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.