St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Leyland

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at St Catherine's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (75% in reading, 91% in maths).

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 35 families put St Catherine's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 96 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Demand has been fairly steady: 32 first choices in 2021, against 35 in 2026.

Across Lancashire, 91% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Lancashire lodged 670 appeals against primary school offers; 473 reached a hearing and 126 succeeded (26.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to St Catherine's Catholic Primary School are Farington Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 80% reading, 83% maths); Lever House Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 82% reading, 82% maths); Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-School (0.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 77% maths); and Leyland Methodist Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 60% reading, 61% maths).

St Catherine's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

16.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 8.4% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

In 2025, 24 pupils (11.2%) received SEN support and 4 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Catherine's Catholic Primary School employed 10 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 21 pupils. Their average salary was £43,059.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £5,157 per pupil (£1.2 million in total), including £49,995 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Leyland Rail Station, about 530 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wychwood Grove (opposite), 380 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Catherine's Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 8th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 167 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2023/24, St Catherine's Catholic Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Catherine's Catholic Primary School are Balshaw's Church of England High School (0.9 miles), Wellfield Academy (0.9 miles), Academy@Worden (1.5 miles) and St Mary's Catholic High School (1.6 miles).