Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall

About Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall

Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 345 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 48% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall their first choice was offered one of its 35 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall 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.