St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good Feb 25 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 5 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Unique reference
- 119668
- Address
- Rothwell Road, Anderton, PR6 9LZ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 178 (88% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 54.5%
- Girls
- 45.5%
- First language not English
- 0.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 10.1%
- Persistent absence
- 6.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.7%
White British 94.9%
Mixed 3.4%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Other White 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-0.4
WritingAverage0.1
MathsAverage1
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 66%
Local authority average 59%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 17%
Local authority average 7%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 108
Local authority average 105
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 107
Local authority average 104
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 28
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 28
- 2nd preference
- 14
- 3rd preference
- 19
- From another Local Authority
- 5
Offers
- 1st preference
- 28
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.4 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 23.7 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 26.8 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Reception, Full-time | 30 13 17 |
| Year 1 | 25 12 13 |
| Year 2 | 16 11 5 |
| Year 3 | 28 21 7 |
| Year 4 | 24 11 13 |
| Year 5 | 25 16 9 |
| Year 6 | 30 13 17 |