St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School
Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6TAOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Preston for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 692 schools in Lancashire. It ranks 77th of 106 primary schools in Preston. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025, report published 2 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 14 January 2025
Pupils enjoy coming to this happy school. Children in early years, and pupils across other classes who join mid-year, settle into school life quickly. Staff forge strong relationships with pupils and their families. Pupils trust these adults to help if they have any worries or concerns. This helps make pupils feel safe. The school is calm and orderly. Pupils behave well in lessons and around school. They listen attentively to their teachers. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged pupils, are starting to benefit from the school's raised expectations of what they can achieve. Pupils now learn a more ambitious curriculum. However, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge across some subjects. This means that these pupils do not achieve as well as they should. The school provides a wide range of opportunities beyond the academic curriculum that help pupils to develop their interests and talents. Pupils are proud of the leadership responsibilities that they have within school, for example, as school councillors, eco councillors or members of the chaplaincy team.
What the school should improve
- Staff do not check pupils' learning well enough to identify where there are gaps in their knowledge. This means that these gaps go unaddressed, and some pupils are moved on to new concepts before they are ready. The school should ensure that it identifies and addresses gaps in pupils' knowledge with greater effectiveness.
- In some subjects, the school has not given sufficient thought to the most important knowledge that pupils should learn. This hinders pupils in building a secure body of knowledge in these subject areas. The school should ensure that it identifies clearly what pupils should learn and when this should happen.
- Some pupils do not receive the support that they need to become confident and fluent readers. When this happens, these pupils struggle to learn the curriculum. The school should ensure that these pupils have the support that they need to catch up quickly and learn to read well.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
46 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
251 pupils on roll, with places for 315
Schools near St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 59% met the expected standard |
| Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 63% met the expected standard |
| Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 20% met the expected standard |
| Lostock Hall Community Primary School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | 68% met the expected standard |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 53% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Ballard
- Phone
- 01772336650
- Address
- Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6TA
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- URN
- 119704
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.