St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Preston · PR3 0ZJ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.4%
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 119549
St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston
Voluntary aided school · Preston · PR3 0ZN
Ages 3–11 · 166 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
71%
Overall absence
3.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-05-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)71%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.0%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 2.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 143
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill81%
166 pupils · 205 places
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- Boys / girls
- 89 / 77
- School capacity
- 205
- Capacity fill
- 166 / 205 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 13.9%
- FSM pupils
- 23
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Ms Andrea Loughran
Location
- Address
- Copp Lane, Great Eccleston
- Postcode
- PR3 0ZN
- Town
- Preston
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Preston, Lancashire, 166 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 13.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Preston · PR4 0TT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS273%
- Absence3.1%
2.5 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Poulton-le-Fylde · FY6 8LN · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS294%
- Absence4.3%
2.5 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
St Michael's-on-Wyre, Preston · PR3 0UA · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.1%
2.5 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Andrea Loughran
- Telephone
- 01995670969