Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness

Academy converter·Primary school Dalton-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness·LA15 8LB
Composite score
50.7
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#7,012
National rank
#969
In North West
#38
In Westmorland and Furness
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
30
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
102
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
10.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,533
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness

Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness is a primary school in Dalton-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 102 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 25.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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 above.

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