Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School

Farington Moss St Paul’s C.E. Primary School is performing well across all areas, achieving a 'Good' rating in the latest inspection. Students are happy, safe, and demonstrate polite behavior, creating a respectful school environment. The curriculum is broad and balanced, with leaders placing a strong emphasis on reading, which is evident through engaging story times and library access. While most students achieve well, there are concerns regarding the support provided to pupils with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), highlighting the need for improved adaptation of the curriculum and checks on learning outcomes for these students. This inspection marks the first routine evaluation since the pandemic, and leaders are showing ambition for continued improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and safe at school.
• There is a mutual respect between pupils and staff.
• Leaders have developed a broad and balanced curriculum.
• Teachers have good subject knowledge and deliver the curriculum well.
• Reading is a priority and consistently well-taught.
• Pupils receive effective support to close gaps in their phonics knowledge.
• Pupils develop leadership skills and contribute to school life.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not know how to adapt the delivery of the curriculum for some pupils with SEND.
• Leaders do not carry out sufficient checks on the learning of pupils with SEND.
• Teachers are sometimes unsure about how to assess learning in subjects beyond English and mathematics.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School attended 97.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.6% of pupils at Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School received £7,130 and spent £7,142 for each of its 184 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £100,000 (£542 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School have?

Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School has 184 pupils on roll.

What age range does Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School cover?

Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School?

Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School is at Croston Road, Farington Moss, Leyland, Lancashire, PR26 6PR.