Primary school

St Bede's Catholic Primary School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Lancashire
  • PR6 7EB
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2012

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 7,239 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 49%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 30%30%2016/17: top 56%2017/18: top 5%5% · 2017/182018/19: top 58%2022/23: top 40%2023/24: top 17%2024/25: top 49%No exams

Against North West

Expected standard, RWM65% · North West 63%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM8% · North West 6%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score108 · North West 105Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score106 · North West 105Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 64% · 28 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 61% · 31 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 89% · 27 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 64% · 28 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 66% · 32 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 77% · 31 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 65% · 26 pupils · North West 63%89%61%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 11% · 28 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 6% · 31 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 15% · 27 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 14% · 28 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 3% · 32 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 6% · 31 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 8% · 26 pupils · North West 6%15%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 105 · 28 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 105 · 31 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 109 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 104 · 28 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 106 · 32 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 106 · 31 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 108 · 26 pupils · North West 105109104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 28 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 103 · 31 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 108 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 103 · 28 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 104 · 32 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 104 · 31 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 106 · 26 pupils · North West 105108103No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
27 of 27 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2727
2nd150
3rd230

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Good
  2. 2010Satisfactory
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026207
Free school meals (past 6 years)14.8%
First language not English17.3%
SEN support6.4%
EHC plan3.0%
Absence (sessions missed)4.6%
Persistently absent pupils10.6%

Girls 55.5%Boys 44.5%

98.6% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.1
Pupils per adult12.8
  • Classroom teachers 7.4
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 6.7
  • Other support 2

Teachers 9.4 FTE · Whole workforce 18 · 24 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£6,922
Spend per pupil£7,233
Staff spend per pupil£5,306
Reserve per pupil£541
  • +£111,975revenue reserve
  • −£64,467in-year balance

Grants £6,391 · self-generated £531 · premises £357 per pupil