St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton 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 26/02/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.7%, which is 1.3 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Chapel Lane, Preston

School Information

Address: Chapel Lane, Preston, PR4 5EB
Website: www.longton-st-oswalds.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01772613402
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs B Wood
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119637

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 26/02/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 243
Number of Boys: 129
Number of Girls: 114

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 2.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 2.2 Confidence interval 0.1 to 4.2
Writing
Average: 1 Confidence interval -0.9 to 2.8
Maths
Above Average: 1.8 Confidence interval 0.1 to 3.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:78%
England Average:65%

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

School:14%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton
Chapel Lane , Longton PR4 5EB 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Longton Primary School
School lane , Longton PR4 5YA 		4out of 4 482 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Little Hoole Primary School
Dob Lane , Walmer Bridge PR4 5QL 		3out of 4 1,843 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School
Hugh Barn Lane , New Longton PR4 4XA 		3out of 4 2,378 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Howick Church Endowed Primary School
Liverpool Road , Penwortham PR1 0NB 		3out of 4 2,620 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hutton Church of England Grammar School
Liverpool Road , Hutton PR4 5SN 		3out of 4 1,370 yd Voluntary aided school No Boys More About School
All Hallows Catholic High School
Crabtree Avenue , Penwortham PR1 0LN 		4out of 4 3,200 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ashbridge Independent School
Lindle Lane , Hutton PR4 4AQ 		- not rated 2,494 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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