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St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham

Primary Ages 5-11 135 pupils Preston
Ofsted: Good
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St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham is an academy converter in Preston for pupils aged 5 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 135 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham is Good, from an inspection in October 2024 of its predecessor, St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Station Lane
Barton
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 5DY
Reference Number 151561

General Makeup

Number of pupils 135
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.15%
Girls: 51.85%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 11.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 12 7 19
2 4 13 17
3 11 9 20
4 11 11 22
5 12 10 22
6 7 11 18

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.5%
Indian 5.2%
Chinese 4.4%
White & Asian 2.2%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
Pakistani 2.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.5%
White, Other 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
African 0.7%
Irish 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham, inspected in October 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 16 1
Third Preference 16 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham had 133 pupils for 126 places. That is 7 more pupils than the school has room for.

Reception intake in the “Preston/Preston Rural Primary” planning area

Lancashire counted 70 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 143 in 2029–30, up 104%.

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 2025–26 St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 11.5
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 11.9% of pupils at St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 4 1
Social, emotional and mental health 4 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 2
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 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.

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What is St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham is Good, from an inspection in October 2024 of its predecessor, St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham.

When was St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham have?

St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham has 135 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham cover?

St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham for pupils aged 5 to 11.

Where is St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham?

St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham is at Station Lane, Barton, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 5DY.

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