Primary
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston
St Mary's Road, Great Eccleston, Preston, PR3 0ZJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 44 of 54 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.2
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 5.4
- Pupils per adult
- 9.0
- Pupils
- 49
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 July 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
63%
Level with the Preston average (63% across 104 schools)
103.0
2.4 below the Preston average (105.4 across 104 schools)
48th 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 | 104 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 25% |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 63% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
St Mary's Road, Great Eccleston, Preston, PR3 0ZJ
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
- Jennifer Birch
- Address
- St Mary's Road, Great Eccleston, Preston, PR3 0ZJ
- Telephone
- 01995670364
Other primary schools nearby
- St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston6.0/10
- St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery6.5/10
- Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School7.0/10
- Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School6.8/10
- Treales Church of England Primary School3.7/10
- Hambleton Primary Academy8.1/10