St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Ribble ValleyConstituency

PR5 4HDPostcode

5.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 199 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 53%
Higher standard: 16%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

15%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

199

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 199
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 5 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Jan 2020	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.