St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy

Academy converter · Primary school · Preston, Lancashire
PR1 5XB
Composite score
27.3

About St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy

St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as an academy converter with a Church of England religious character. Around 456 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy 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 further down the page.

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#13,785
National rank
#2120
In North West
#414
In Lancashire
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Pupils on roll 456 % FSM ever-6 28.6% % EAL 67.5% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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