St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock
Smithy Lane, Preston, PR3 0PN
47 pupils · 96% of 49 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 8.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 7 January 2025, published 9 February 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 | 86% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“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 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 9 | 9 | 16 | 9 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 8 | 8 | 19 | 8 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 6 | 6 | 19 | 6 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
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
- Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary School 3.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang 3.8 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School 4.3 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School 4.4 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.