Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Leyland, Lancashire·PR26 9HJ
Composite score
65.9
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#2,450
National rank
#294
In North West
#63
In Lancashire
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
79%
38 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.27
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320220.9720231.0020241.1020251.272026

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 Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
208
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England/Methodist

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,418
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School

Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School is a primary school in Leyland, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England/Methodist religious character. Around 208 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 38 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 24.0 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. Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist 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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