St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham
Garstang Road North, Medlar-with-Wesham, Preston, PR4 3HA
Headteacher: Mrs Louise FreemanSchool website ↗Pupils: 92 (capacity: 118)Part of THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected February 2024
67%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected February 2024
100%
First-choice offer rate
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 27 February 2024Full report ↗
Good
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
67.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)ⓘHigher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 93%·Writing 67%·Maths 80%→All three 67%
Reading
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
- How many places were offered?
- 14
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 12
- How many got their first choice?
- 12of 12 (100.0%)
- How many applied in total?
- 38
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
13.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
7.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
0.0%
Boys and girls
54%girls·46%boys
50 girls, 42 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↑ Peaked at 75% (2018/19), currently 67%
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.
View raw year-by-year data
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 57.0% | 0.0% | -0.8 | +1.2 | -0.6 |
| 2016/17 | 70.0% | 0.0% | -2.5 | -0.3 | -2.0 |
| 2017/18 | 60.0% | 20.0% | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.5 |
| 2018/19 | 75.0% | 13.0% | +1.8 | +1.1 | +1.3 |
| 2022/23 | 31.0% | 0.0% | -1.4 | -4.9 | -2.6 |
| 2023/24 | 63.0% | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 67.0% | 0.0% | - | - | - |