Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR3 3XP
Composite score
19.5
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#14,473
National rank
#2241
In North West
#440
In Lancashire
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
30%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
31
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.33
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ribchester St Wilfrid'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
87
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,102
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School at a glance

Located in Preston, Lancashire, Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 87 pupils aged 4 to 11. 30% 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%). 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 100 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.3%. There are about 14.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Ribchester St Wilfrid'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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