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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs L Freeman

location_onPreston, PR4 3HA

language Visit Website phone 1772683009

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2024

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Students

107

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Expected Standard

67%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Preston, serving ages 5-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham is a voluntary aided school in Preston, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 5-11. The school has approximately 107 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #232 of 465 primaries in Lancashire and #8,611 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2024. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 25.6%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 3.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 59%

Reading93% LA 73%

Writing67% LA 69%

Maths80% LA 72%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading81% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing63% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths81% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

31%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading63% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing44% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths56% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.4

Read

LA -0.2

-4.4 to 1.7

-4.9

Write

LA 0.1

-7.8 to -1.9

-2.6

Maths

LA -0.3

-5.5 to 0.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading75% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing81% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths88% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.8

Read

LA -0.2

-1.3 to 4.8

1.1

Write

LA 0.1

-1.7 to 3.9

1.3

Maths

LA -0.2

-1.3 to 3.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 65%

Reading73% LA 76%

Writing80% LA 78%

Maths67% LA 75%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.8

Read

LA 0.1

-3.8 to 2.2

-0.8

Write

LA 0.1

-3.7 to 2.1

-0.5

Maths

LA 0.0

-3.3 to 2.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 October 2024

Inspection Report

27 February 2024

Inspection Report

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30 May 2012

Inspection Report

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10 March 2009

Inspection Report

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16 November 2005

Inspection Report

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31 October 2000

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2024-02-27

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2012-05-30

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2009-03-10

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

4.3%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

4.3%(4 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 92 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 4.3%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	92	4	4.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	95	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	93	6	6.5%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	102	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	107	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	107	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	107	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	107	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	107	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	102	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	99	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	94	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	97	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	97	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	97	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	98	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	95	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	95	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	99	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	101	1	1.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	101	1	1.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	96	1	1.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	95	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	95	1	1.1%	0.5%