Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Road, Tarleton, Preston, PR4 6UP – View on map
- Phone: 01772812662
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Stephen Smith
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 31 places – 11 for every 10 places. 91% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 12 · 2025 10 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 13
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.3%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the West Lancashire average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.2% a year (West Lancashire 13.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 22% moved to another school, 78% 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
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: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 81% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the West Lancashire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 74% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 94%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 32 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
Year 6 SATs: 9th of 52 junior and primary schools in the area
- #7St Teresa's Catholic Primary School85%
- #8Burscough Village Primary School83%
- #9Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School81%
- =10Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School79%
- =10Rufford CofE School79%
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35th of 41 primary schools in West Lancashire for Ofsted rating
- #33St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #34Tarleton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #35Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #36Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #37Trinity Church of England/Methodist SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,217 (2024-25)
49th of 55 primary schools in West Lancashire for spending per pupil
- #47St Teresa's Catholic Primary School£6,350
- #48Tarleton Community Primary School£6,232
- #49Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary School£6,217
- #50Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary School£6,208
- #51Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School£6,194
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