St Mary's Road, Great Eccleston, Preston, Lancashire PR3 0ZJ
10 reasons to choose St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston
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St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Preston and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 15 members of The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2011) inspection.
Average class size
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston has three mixed-age classes and an average class size of 23 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston ranks in the top 14% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 26% of schools.
The St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a biennial adventure residential trip for Years 3 to 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.30pm provided by the onsite Nursery.
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