Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Preston, Lancashire
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
Every applicant was offered a place
From the school · offers on 17 April 2023
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School is a primary school in Preston, Lancashire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2023. The school has published a last distance offered on its own website for Reception 2023 entry.
Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 81% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Lancashire.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 31 offers; all 31 went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- There are 30.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Lancashire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lancashire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Road, Tarleton, Tarleton Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, Preston, PR4 6UP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils walk into Tarleton Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School with a spring in their step in the morning.”
- “They are happy to attend this warm and nurturing school.”
- “Leaders have established a compassionate environment where everyone respects everyone else.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the improvements that leaders have made to the curriculum are recent.”
- “This means that there is more work to do to ensure that staff teach these curriculums consistently well so that pupils know more and remember more over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 81% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 31 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Tarleton Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.6 mi Good
- Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Good
- Holmeswood Methodist School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Outstanding
- Little Hoole Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good