St Stephen's CofE School

Voluntary controlled school · Primary school · PRESTON, Lancashire
PR1 8JN
Composite score
35.8

St Stephen's CofE School at a glance

Located in PRESTON, Lancashire, St Stephen's CofE School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 347 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#12,189
National rank
#1816
In North West
#361
In Lancashire
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 347 % FSM ever-6 35.8% % EAL 51.6% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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