Academy · Lancashire
St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham
- Primary
- Ages 5–11
- Roman Catholic
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Lancashire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 17 families put this school as their first choice, and 18 places were offered. 17 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
No club is registered with Ofsted at this school's address. Ask the school about breakfast or after-school care, or find clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 1 October 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024). It was inspected as St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Pupils
- 135 (capacity 126)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Academy trust
- MATER ECCLESIAE CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01772862335
- Address
- Station Lane, Barton, Preston, PR3 5DY
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.