St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston, Preston

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' achievement in national curriculum tests is similar to most pupils nationally."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils want to be in school, and therefore, most pupils attend well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have recently put in place an ambitious curriculum for pupils to study."

Early years - Expected standard. "In the early years, children acquire the skills that they need to read, write and use numbers confidently."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff swiftly identify the needs that pupils have."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Trustees and governors have an increasingly accurate view of the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a personal development programme that is designed with pupils' needs in mind."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that, in all subjects, pupils have sufficient opportunity to practise new learning, so that they can confidently use the new knowledge that they acquire"; "Leaders should ensure that staff in the early years plan learning which supports children to deepen their knowledge in all areas of the curriculum".

In its own words: "At St Augustine's Catholic Primary School we take our responsibility to prepare children for life in modern Britain very seriously. We ensure that the fundamental British Values are introduced, discussed and lived out through the ethos and work of the school. Children embrace these concepts with enthusiasm and demonstrate a good understanding of their application to their own lives."

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is with great joy that I welcome you to St Augustine's Catholic Primary School. At St Augustine's, we are proud to be a diverse and inclusive community, rooted in a strong Catholic ethos of love, faith and service."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:20am and after-school care until 4:00pm, from £1.00 per session.

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 70% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 34 families put St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston as their first choice and 53 named it as one of their preferences, for 38 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston are Frenchwood Community Primary School (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 61% reading, 57% maths); St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston (0.6 miles); St Stephen's CofE School (0.8 miles, Good, 75% reading, 73% maths); and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston (0.9 miles, 80% reading, 82% maths).

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston is one of 17 schools run by Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

47 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston (as of April 2026): 96% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).

74% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (64%), White British (14%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 16 pupils (5.9%) received SEN support and 10 (3.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Preston Rail Station, about 980 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cardinal Newman College (n2), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 796 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston issued 2 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston are Christ The King Catholic High School (0.4 miles); Eden Boys' School, Preston (0.4 miles); Preston Muslim Girls High School (0.8 miles); and Moor Park High School (1.1 miles).