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Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton

Primary Ages 4-11 157 pupils Preston
Ofsted: Good
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Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton is an academy converter in Preston for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 157 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton is Good, from an inspection in February 2023 of its predecessor, Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton.

Ofsted inspection: November 2024.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Lytham Road
Warton
Preston
Lancashire
PR4 1AD
Reference Number 151083

General Makeup

Number of pupils 157
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.41%
Girls: 51.59%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 13 22
2 16 10 26
3 7 17 24
4 8 16 24
5 9 12 21
6 15 4 19

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 80.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.5%
African 3.8%
White, Other 3.2%
Indian 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.9%
White & Black (African) 0.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton, inspected in February 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
07 Nov 2024 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 0
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton had 149 pupils for 210 places. 61 places (29.0%) were unfilled. The local authority plans to add 210 places by 2027–28.

Reception intake in the “Fylde/Freckleton, Warton & Wrea Green Primary” planning area

Lancashire counted 106 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 149 in 2029–30, up 41%.

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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.7%

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, 3.4% of pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 7.4
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.512.6
Teachers who left state teaching 13.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 54.5%–
Sick days per teacher 2.7–

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, 13.4% of pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 8 1
Social, emotional and mental health 8 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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.

Name Distance
Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary Academy
Lytham Road, Warton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1AH
0.3 miles
Freckleton Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Freckleton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1PJ
1.11 miles
Strike Lane Primary School
Strike Lane, Freckleton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1HR
1.15 miles
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School
Dubside, Wrea Green, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2WQ
2.17 miles
The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham
Victoria Road, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2BT
2.23 miles
Kirkham and Wesham Primary School
Nelson Street, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2JP
2.35 miles
Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2SL
2.44 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham
Norfolk Road, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4JG
2.67 miles
Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Newton-with-Scales, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3RT
2.7 miles
Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School
Garstang Road North, Wesham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3DE
2.74 miles
Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Park View Road, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4HA
2.92 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham
Garstang Road North, Medlar-with-Wesham, Wesham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3HA
2.92 miles
Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School
Shore Road, Hesketh Bank, Shore Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 6RD
3.34 miles
Oakfield House School
Station Road, Salwick, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0YH
3.48 miles
Lytham Hall Park Primary School
South Park, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4QU
3.54 miles
Aurora Keyes Barn School
Station Rd, Salwick, Preston, PR4 0YH
3.61 miles
Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Church Road, Weeton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3WD
3.92 miles
Treales Church of England Primary School
Church Road, Treales, Near Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3SH
4.15 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea Town
Darkinson Lane, Lea Town, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0RJ
4.23 miles
Ansdell Primary School
Lansdowne Road, Ansdell, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4DR
4.35 miles
Name Distance
Linton School
Kirkham Road, Freckleton, PR4 1HX
1.27 miles
Kirkham Grammar School
Ribby Road, Preston, PR4 2BH
2.15 miles
Carr Hill High School
Royal Avenue, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2ST
2.2 miles
Kirkham Pear Tree School
29 Station Road, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2HA
2.26 miles
St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
Talbot Road, Lytham, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4JL
2.73 miles
Lytham St Annes High School
Albany Road, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4GW
4.45 miles
AKS Lytham
Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1DT
5 miles

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What is Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton is Good, from an inspection in February 2023 of its predecessor, Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton.

When was Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton have?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton has 157 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton cover?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Warton is at Lytham Road, Warton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 1AD.

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