Higher Walton Church of England Primary School

South Ribble · PR5 4FE

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 81 pupils, 34.2% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Higher Walton Church of England Primary School

General Information

Address: Rosewood Avenue, Higher Walton, Preston, PR5 4FE – View on map
Phone: 01772335945
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Headteacher Vicki Clarke
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 12 families put it first for 12 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

81 pupils out of 119 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
% eligible for free school meals: 34.2%
Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the South Ribble average)
English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 22.5% a year (South Ribble 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Lancashire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 3
Suspensions for bullying: 18 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Lancashire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 6.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 20.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 22.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card May 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: in line with the South Ribble average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 45% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 45%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 59% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
Based on: 17 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSouth Ribble averageEngland↗ Improving Up 23 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was in line with the South Ribble average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 23rd of 36 junior and primary schools in the area

#21Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School61%
#22Farington Primary School60%
=23Higher Walton Church of England Primary School59%
=23Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School59%
#25Coupe Green Primary School58%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Longton Primary School83%
=1New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School83%
=3Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School80%
=3Howick Church Endowed Primary School80%
#5Moss Side Primary School78%
#6Little Hoole Primary School77%
=7Leyland St James Church of England Primary School74%
=7St Catherine's RC Primary School74%
=9Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School73%
=9Samlesbury Church of England School73%
=9St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton73%
=12Lever House Primary School68%
=12Lostock Hall Community Primary School68%
#14Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School67%
=15Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham66%
=15Northbrook Primary Academy66%
#17St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School65%
=18Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge63%
=18St Anne's Catholic Primary School63%
#20Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary School62%
#21Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School61%
#22Farington Primary School60%
=23Higher Walton Church of England Primary School59%
=23Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School59%
#25Coupe Green Primary School58%
#26Penwortham Primary School57%
#27Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School56%
#28Whitefield Primary School55%
#29St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale53%
#30St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School52%
#31Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall48%
#32Leyland Methodist Junior School46%
#33Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School43%
#34Kingsfold Primary School30%
#35Seven Stars Primary School28%
#36Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School20%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,449 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

2nd of 35 primary schools in South Ribble for spending per pupil

#1Kingsfold Primary School£9,607
#2Higher Walton Church of England Primary School£9,449
#3Samlesbury Church of England School£9,303
#4Seven Stars Primary School£9,301

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Kingsfold Primary School£9,607
#2Higher Walton Church of England Primary School£9,449
#3Samlesbury Church of England School£9,303
#4Seven Stars Primary School£9,301
#5Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary School£9,138
#6Northbrook Primary Academy£8,086
#7Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School£8,062
#8Coupe Green Primary School£7,721
#9Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School£7,439
#10Howick Church Endowed Primary School£7,375
#11St Anne's Catholic Primary School£7,235
#12Leyland St James Church of England Primary School£7,117
#13St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School£7,031
#14Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School£6,942
#15St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School£6,894
#16St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-Dale£6,751
#17Moss Side Primary School£6,718
#18Farington Primary School£6,631
#19St Catherine's RC Primary School£6,609
#20Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge£6,568
#21Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School£6,520
#22Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary School£6,514
#23Lever House Primary School£6,458
#24Little Hoole Primary School£6,412
#25Longton Primary School£6,399
#26Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary School£6,320
#27New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School£6,282
#28Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall£6,235
#29Whitefield Primary School£6,204
#30Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham£6,121
#31Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School£6,086
#32Penwortham Primary School£6,023
#33Lostock Hall Community Primary School£5,818
#34St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton£5,679
#35Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School£5,545

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