Primary
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge
Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 235 of 210 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- MATER ECCLESIAE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Good
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
66%
105.0
45th 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 | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
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.
Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BJ
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
- Mark FitzGibbon
- Address
- Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BJ
- Telephone
- 01772783661
Other primary schools nearby
- Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School7.3/10
- Longridge Church of England Primary School6.1/10
- Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School6.4/10
- Barnacre Road Primary School1.9/10
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, PrestonNot enough data
- Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School7.2/10