Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall
Lourdes Avenue, Preston, PR5 5TB
341 pupils · 90% of 378 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 October 2024, published 10 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 48% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 6% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 35 | 34 | 59 | 34 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 35 | 34 | 87 | 35 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 34 | 31 | 87 | 34 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 46 | 46 | 89 | 46 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 48 | 47 | 91 | 47 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 45 | 34 | 99 | 39 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 47 | 46 | 97 | 47 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 46 | 43 | 93 | 43 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Lostock Hall Community Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Kingsfold Primary School 1.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School 1.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School 2.1 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.