Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Preston, Lancashire
Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school).
Key facts
- Address
- Calder Vale, Garstang, Preston, PR3 1SR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 39 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Staff welcome pupils warmly at this caring small school.”
- “From the moment pupils arrive, leaders make it their mission to get to know pupils thoroughly.”
- “Leaders quickly develop a deep understanding of pupils' special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
To improve
- “However, some approaches to evaluate the curriculum and the quality of teaching lack enough rigour to provide leaders with well-informed detail.”
- “Nonetheless, some of the approaches that leaders take to check and evaluate the effectiveness of their work across different areas are not fully rigorous.”
- “This sometimes includes how leaders evaluate the school's work to support some disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Scorton Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock 2.6 mi Not judged
- St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Garstang Community Primary School 2.9 mi Good
- Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good
- Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged
- Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.9 mi Good
- Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi Some aspects not as strong