Primary
St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School
Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6TA
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 251 of 315 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 24.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.4
- Pupils
- 276
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
52%
11 points below the Preston average (63% across 104 schools)
104.0
1.4 below the Preston average (105.4 across 104 schools)
71st of 105 by our score, among the primary schools in Preston we can score - 124 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 52% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6TA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Daniel Ballard
- Address
- Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6TA
- Telephone
- 01772336650
Other primary schools nearby
- Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School6.1/10
- Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge6.1/10
- Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School4.1/10
- Lostock Hall Community Primary School6.6/10
- St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale5.8/10
- Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary School5.0/10