Brabins Endowed School
Ofsted: OutstandingVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Preston · PR3 2QD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS289%
- Absence3.0%
- FSM7.1%
- Demand1.00
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Needs attentionURN 119643
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chipping
Voluntary aided school · Preston · PR3 2QH
Ages 3–11 · 58 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Needs attention
Overall absence
3.2%
Admissions demand
1.11 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-06-09
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
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 absence3.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)5.7%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 2.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 35
Absence trend
2021/22
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
1.11 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
10
Places offered
9
1st-preference offers
9
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 25
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 9
- 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 fill83%
58 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 58
- Boys / girls
- 22 / 36
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 58 / 70 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- 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
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Jones
Location
- Address
- Garstang Road, Chipping
- Postcode
- PR3 2QH
- Town
- Preston
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- 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, 58 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 17.2%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Salford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Jones
- Telephone
- 0199561367