St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham, Preston

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a small, family-orientated Voluntary Aided Catholic Primary School where we aim to make everyone feel welcome, cherished and cared about. All the children, staff, parish and governors are really proud of our school."

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2024, under its previous registration (URN 119629), 93% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 10 families put St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham as their first choice and 42 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham are Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 81% reading, 78% maths); Kirkham and Wesham Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 70% maths); The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham (0.7 miles); and Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 70% reading, 83% maths).

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham is one of 20 schools run by The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

11% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 10 pupils (10%) received SEN support and 2 (2%) 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.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham had 6 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sanderling Way (opposite), 30 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 68 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).

In 2024/25, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-Wesham issued 3 suspensions, 3.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.