St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston

Academy converter·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR2 1RP
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1734
In North West
#354
In Lancashire
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.61
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20221.1320230.9120240.8020250.612026

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

Every child who put St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
234
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,241
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston

St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Catholic religious character. Around 234 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 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 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 17 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 22.8 pupils per teacher. St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston 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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