School Data

St Stephen's CofE School

Primary Local authority maintained school in PRESTON PR1 8JN

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  • School Reference Number: 119358
  • Address: South Meadow Lane, South Meadow Lane, PRESTON PR1 8JN
  • Headteacher: Mr John Coxhead
  • Telephone: 01772 556306
  • Website: st-stephens.lancs.sch.uk
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Voluntary controlled school
  • Phase: Primary
  • Pupil Capacity: 315
  • Local Education Authority: Lancashire
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 3 to 11
  • Religious Ethos: Christian
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 15/11/2023

Rating published on 21/12/2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Early years provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
15 November 2023 22 December 2023 School inspection Good
31 October 2018 23 November 2018 Short inspection
8 October 2014 6 November 2014 Full inspection Good
15 January 2013 31 January 2013 Interim assessment
4 March 2010 26 March 2010 Full inspection Good
14 September 2006 6 October 2006 Full inspection Satisfactory
8 July 2002 16 October 2002 Full inspection

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Unique Reference Number119358
Local Authority Code888
Local Authority NameLancashire
Establishment Number3009
School / College NameSt Stephen's CofE School
Establishment Type Code03
Establishment typeVoluntary controlled school
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 2
Phase of educationPrimary
Age range Low3
Age range High11
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionHas Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code02
Religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese CodeCE03
DioceseDiocese of Blackburn
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity315
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils351
Number of Boys167
Number of Girls184
Percentage Free School Meals28.20
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10072079
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date17-01-2025
StreetSouth Meadow Lane
Locality
Address3South Meadow Lane
TownPRESTON
County (name)Lancashire
PostcodePR1 8JN
Websitewww.st-stephens.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone01772556306
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameJohn
Headteacher/Principal last nameCoxhead
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE07000123
DistrictPreston
Ward CodeE05012196
WardCity Centre
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001433
Parliamentary ConstituencyPreston
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000017
Easting353207
Northing428669
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Preston 017
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Preston 017B
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code923
Previous local authorityPre LGR (1998) Lancashire
Previous establishment number3009
Country
UPRN10007611760
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005269
LSOA CodeE01025290
Free School Meals99
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN119358
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/119358
LAESTAB8883009
School nameSt Stephen's CofE School
Ofsted phasePrimary
Type of educationVoluntary Controlled School
School open dateN/A
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingChristian
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityLancashire
Parliamentary constituencyPreston
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodePR1 8JN
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile5
Total number of pupils351
Statutory lowest age3
Statutory highest age11
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10294317
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date15/11/2023
Publication date21/12/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection119358
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8883009
School name at time of latest graded inspectionSt Stephen's CofE School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionVoluntary Controlled School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS448509
Previous inspection start date08/10/2014
Previous publication date06/11/2014
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection119358
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8883009
School name at time of previous graded inspectionSt Stephen's CofE School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionVoluntary Controlled School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionGood
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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