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The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham

Primary school · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · Mixed

Victoria Road, Kirkham, Preston, PR4 2BT

  • Pupils208
  • Ages4 to 11
  • Latest Ofsted12 Jan 2022
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.

Ungraded inspection · 12 Jan 2022

This inspection was of a predecessor school, before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.

Outcome: School remains Outstanding. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.

Ungraded inspection · report published 6 Mar 2022

Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.

Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
208 (capacity 210)
91 girls, 117 boys
Eligible for free school meals
7.7% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
8.1%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
1%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
7.1%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
4.3%

Attendance

Overall absence

The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).

2024/25

This school
3%

Persistent absence

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.

2024/25

This school
2.8%

How absence is measured

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy converter (Academies)
Phase
Primary
Trust
THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Sponsor
Diocese of Lancaster
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Diocese
Diocese of Lancaster
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 November 2024
Local authority
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
Fylde
URN
151086 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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Admissions

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