Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

About Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School sits within the Lancashire local authority, a small village primary with 104 pupils on its roll. In the Wyre district, it ranks 22nd out of 35 primary schools, placing it in the middle of the local pack. The top-performing peers in the area include Crawford Village Primary School, New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School, and St George's Church of England Primary School in Chorley, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. Across Lancashire as a whole, the school sits at 202nd out of 480 similar state primaries. It's a Church of England school, led by headteacher Jonathan Ratcliffe, and offers nursery provision for children from age two. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 21 applications for 11 places, with all 11 first-preference families offered a spot. That oversubscription ratio of 1.91 suggests a solid local reputation, even if it isn't among the very highest-ranked schools in its immediate area.

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