Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton

Academy converter·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR4 1AD
Composite score
53.3
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#6,094
National rank
#818
In North West
#173
In Lancashire
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
82%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
62
any preference, for 30 places

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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton. 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
149
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,396
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton at a glance

Located in Preston, Lancashire, Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 149 pupils aged 4 to 11. 82% 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 risen by 34.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 31 first choices for 30 places. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton 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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