Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston

Academy converter·Primary school Preston, Lancashire·PR2 3YP
Composite score
46.9
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National rank
#1204
In North West
#254
In Lancashire
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 23 places

Every child who put Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, 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
194
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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About Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston

Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 194 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 8.0 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 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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