St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston
St Mary's Road, Preston, PR3 0ZJ
44 pupils · 81% of 54 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 40.9%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
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 July 2025, published 14 September 2025. 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 | 63% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 25% |
“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 — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 5 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 2 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 5 | 5 | 19 | 5 |
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
- St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston 1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery 3.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School 3.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Treales Church of England Primary School 5.7 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Hambleton Primary Academy 5.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.