How many pupils attend St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston?

St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston has 196 pupils on roll.

What ages does St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston take?

St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston admits pupils aged 2 to 11.

How do I apply to St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston?

St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Does St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston have a religious character?

Yes — St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston has a religious character of Roman Catholic. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How are Reception places decided at St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston?

When St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Baptised Catholic Looked After/previously looked after children — Baptised Catholic Looked After Children and previously looked after children, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Baptised Catholic in parish with sibling — Baptised Catholic Children who live in the parish of St. Maria Goretti with a sibling in the school at the time of expected admission; 3. Other Baptised Catholic in parish — Other Baptised Catholic children who live in the parish of St. Maria Goretti, and 6 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there are more applicants for the available places within the above categories, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as a final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distance ones.

What is the largest ethnic background at St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 50% of pupils at St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Baptised Catholic Looked After/previously looked after children — Baptised Catholic Looked After Children and previously looked after children, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Baptised Catholic in parish with sibling — Baptised Catholic Children who live in the parish of St. Maria Goretti with a sibling in the school at the time of expected admission.
3Other Baptised Catholic in parish — Other Baptised Catholic children who live in the parish of St. Maria Goretti.
4Other Baptised Catholic with sibling — Other Baptised Catholic children with a sibling in the school at the time of expected admission.
5Other Baptised Catholic children — Other Baptised Catholic Children.
6Looked After Children (non-Catholic) — Looked After Children and previously looked after children but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
7Other children with sibling — Other children with a sibling in school at the time of expected admission.
8Nursery children on Early Years Pupil Premium — Children who attend St Maria Goretti Nursery in receipt of Early Years Pupil Premium.
9Other children

If two applications tie: Where there are more applicants for the available places within the above categories, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as a final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distance ones.

Where there are twins, etc wanting admission and there is only a single place left within the admission number, the governing body will exercise flexibility within infant class size requirements; in exceptional circumstances places may be offered for both twins and all triplets even when this means breaching infant class size limits.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.