Preston St Matthew's Church of England Primary School is a primary school located in Preston. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 29/11/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is below average, progress in writing is well below average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.3%, which is 2.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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New Hall Lane, Preston

School Information

Address: New Hall Lane, Preston, PR1 5XB
Website: https://www.st-matthewscofe.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01772794482
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mark Mackley
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119603

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 29/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 406
Number of Pupils: 428
Number of Boys: 200
Number of Girls: 228

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -2.1 Confidence interval -3.8 to -0.5
Writing
Well Below Average: -4 Confidence interval -5.5 to -2.5
Maths
N/A: -1.4 Confidence interval -2.9 to 0

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:41%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Stoneygate Nursery School
Stoneygate Walk , PR1 3XU 		3out of 4 1,648 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Preston St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
New Hall Lane , PR1 5XB 		2out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston
Rigby Street , PR1 5XL 		2out of 4 242 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Ribbleton Avenue Infant School
Ribbleton Avenue , PR1 5RU 		4out of 4 644 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School
Emerson Road , PR1 5SN 		3out of 4 671 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Fishwick Primary School
Downing Street , PR1 4RH 		3out of 4 780 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Eden Boys' School, Preston
Adelaide Street , PR1 4BD 		4out of 4 841 yd Free schools No Boys More About School
Preston Muslim Girls High School
Deepdale Mill Street , PR1 5BY 		4out of 4 879 yd Voluntary aided school No Girls More About School
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form
Moor Park Avenue , PR1 6DT 		2out of 4 1,507 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Christ The King Catholic High School
Lawrence Avenue , Frenchwood PR1 4PR 		3out of 4 1,848 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Archbishop Temple School, A Church of England Specialist College
St Vincent's Road , Fulwood PR2 8RA 		4out of 4 3,078 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cardinal Newman College
Lark Hill Road , PR1 4HD 		- not rated 1,275 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Preston College
Fulwood Campus , St Vincent's Road PR2 8UR 		- not rated 3,024 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Acorns Primary School
Moor Park , Blackpool Road PR1 6AU 		3out of 4 1,812 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Larches High School
Moor Park , PR1 6AA 		3out of 4 1,843 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Imam Muhammad Zakariya School
2 Bairstow Street , PR1 3TN 		- not rated 2,009 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Sir Tom Finney Community High School
Ribbleton Hall Drive , PR2 6EE 		3out of 4 2,020 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Abrar Academy
34-36 Garstang Road , PR1 1NA 		- not rated 2,235 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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