St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho

About St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho, was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2015, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2021 confirmed that the school remains Good. The school has clearly improved since its previous graded inspection in 2013, when it was rated Requires Improvement. The most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined expected standard in reading, writing and maths, which 71% of pupils achieved in the 2023/24 academic year. This is comfortably above the Lancashire local authority average of 60%, placing the school in the top half of primary schools nationally, at the 27th percentile. In reading, 88% of pupils met the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 106, while in maths 79% met the expected standard with an average score of 104. The proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in all three subjects was 5%.

The school's Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, but the attainment figures paint a picture of solid, above-average performance for a state primary. Within the Ribble Valley, St Mary's ranks 14th out of 25 primary schools on the combined expected standard metric, placing it in the 56th percentile locally. In the North West region, it sits at 537th out of 2,065 schools. The school's leadership and management, as well as its early years provision, were both judged Good in the 2015 inspection. With 289 pupils on roll against a capacity of 290, the school is effectively full, and it was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 93 applications for 34 places, with 33 first-preference offers made. Just 6.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average.

St Mary's is a Roman Catholic primary with a nursery provision, catering for children aged 3 to 11. Facilities include a chapel, music rooms, an ICT suite, art studios and a dining hall. The school offers a broad range of sports including athletics, swimming, gymnastics, netball, rounders, cross country and cricket, plus clubs such as gardening, coding, chess and art club. For pupils with additional needs, the school has provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families seeking a faith-based primary with strong academic outcomes above the local average, a full roll and high demand for places, particularly those living within the Ribble Valley who can secure a first-preference place.

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