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Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport

Primary · Maryport · CA15 8HN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 April 2025

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At a glance

204 pupils · 85% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
38.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
13.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-pat-maryport.cumbria.sch.uk
URN
149245

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its inspection on 1 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
Cumberland average56.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Christ Church CofE Primary School, PenningtonLeigh · 93 miles awayGood43%
Roman Way Primary SchoolAndover · 255 miles awayNeeds attention45%
St Mark's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 97 miles awayRequires improvement67%
Ladywood Primary SchoolBarnsley · 116 miles awayGood52%
St Mary's Catholic Primary AcademyBatley · 101 miles awayNo current grade60%
Tenterden Church of England Junior SchoolTenterden · 306 miles awayGood46%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ChristchurchChristchurch · 283 miles awayGood74%
Pilgrim AcademyImmingham · 152 miles awayGood65%
Holt Community Primary SchoolHolt · 225 miles awayGood50%
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 93 miles awayGood (2019)62%
Childwall Valley Primary SchoolLiverpool · 94 miles awayExpected standard52%
Long Knowle Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 156 miles awayGood (2016)73%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Cumberland 3%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Cumberland 2%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Cumberland 0%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.93 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cumberland: 1.65 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

8.47% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 16 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,341; 8.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,037
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £295,000; in-year balance +£128,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher11.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications37.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work9.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways36.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier31.2%62.3%
Social housing62.6%17.1%
Privately rented6.2%20.5%
Detached houses3.8%22.9%
Flats3.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van37.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019097 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£124,500244 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£90,000–£166,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (25)£240,000
Semi-detached (52)£142,500
Terraced (157)£112,000
Flat (10)£101,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
6a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
20a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
5a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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