Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR4 3WD
Composite score
16.2
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#14,613
National rank
#2278
In North West
#448
In Lancashire
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
25%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
94.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
16
any preference, for 7 places
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6720220.5020231.0020241.0020250.862026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
50
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
34.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,434
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 50 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 25% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 18.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 98 in reading and 94 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 7 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 13.1 pupils per teacher. Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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 above.

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