St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Morecambe, Lancashire
LA4 5PS
Composite score
44.3

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe at a glance

Located in Morecambe, Lancashire, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 164 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#9,384
National rank
#1358
In North West
#284
In Lancashire
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 164 % FSM ever-6 37.2% % EAL 13.4% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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