Voluntary aided school · Primary
Preston · PR3 0ZN · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS270%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM13.9%
- Demand1.00
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 149264
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston
Academy converter · Preston · PR3 0ZJ
Ages 4–11 · 44 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Overall absence
5.4%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-09-14
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.3%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 45
Absence trend
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
2
Places offered
3
1st-preference offers
2
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 11
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 2
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill81%
44 pupils · 54 places
- Pupils on roll
- 44
- Boys / girls
- 22 / 22
- School capacity
- 54
- Capacity fill
- 44 / 54 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 40.9%
- FSM pupils
- 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Birch
Location
- Address
- St Mary's Road, Great Eccleston
- Postcode
- PR3 0ZJ
- Town
- Preston
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Preston, Lancashire, 44 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 40.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Lancaster.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Voluntary aided school · Primary
St Michael's-on-Wyre, Preston · PR3 0UA · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS237%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM10.7%
- Demand0.81
1.9 miles away
Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Preston · PR4 0TT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence3.1%
- FSM18.3%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Birch
- Telephone
- 01995670364