St Anthony's Catholic 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 are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/03/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is average, progress in reading is below average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.1%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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St Anthonys Drive, Preston

School Information

Address: St Anthonys Drive, Preston, PR2 3SQ
Website: www.st-anthonys.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01772726621
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Rachel Ballard
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119698

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 22/03/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 300
Number of Pupils: 314
Number of Boys: 153
Number of Girls: 161

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
N/A: -2.5 Confidence interval -4.3 to -0.7
Writing
N/A: -1.7 Confidence interval -3.3 to 0
Maths
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -1 to 2.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:62%
England Average:65%

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

School:7%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
St Anthonys Drive , Fulwood PR2 3SQ
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Fulwood and Cadley Primary School
Cadley Causeway , Fulwood PR2 3QT
3out of 4 407 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Queen's Drive Primary School
Black Bull Lane , Fulwood PR2 3LA
4out of 4 918 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Roebuck School
Inkerman Street , Ashton PR2 2BN
2out of 4 1,160 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Ingol Community Primary School
Whitby Avenue , Ingol PR2 3YP
3out of 4 1,411 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Our Lady's Catholic High School
St Anthony's Drive , Fulwood PR2 3SQ
4out of 4 162 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Fulwood Academy
Black Bull Lane , PR2 9YR
1out of 4 943 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Corpus Christi Catholic High School
St Vincent's Road , Fulwood PR2 8QY
3out of 4 1,519 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 1,580 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ashton Community Science College
Aldwych Drive , Ashton PR2 1SL
3out of 4 2,120 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Preston College
Fulwood Campus , St Vincent's Road PR2 8UR
- not rated 1,855 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Moorbrook School
Ainslie Road , Fulwood PR2 3DB
3out of 4 1,091 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Pius X Preparatory School
200 Garstang Road , Fulwood PR2 8RD
- not rated 1,127 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Abrar Academy
34-36 Garstang Road , PR1 1NA
- not rated 1,940 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Lancashire Education Medical Services
Childrens Ward 7 Royal Preston Hospital , Sharoe Green Lane PR2 9HT
- not rated 1,991 yd Miscellaneous Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Larches High School
Moor Park , PR1 6AA
3out of 4 2,402 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.