Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR2 1EQ
Composite score
55.9
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#5,192
National rank
#683
In North West
#153
In Lancashire
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
76 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.29
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
150
any preference, for 59 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4520221.2720231.2520241.2020251.292026

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

Lancashire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
420
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,944
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Preston, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 420 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 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 top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 76% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (76 first choices for 59 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England 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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