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St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood

Primary · Fleetwood · FY7 6EU

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 12 May 2023

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At a glance

133 pupils · 76% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
58.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.st-marys-fleetwood.lancs.sch.uk
URN
151272

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 May 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 81% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Lancashire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Lancashire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Lancashire 3%, England 4%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 0%)

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)
7.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
27.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.85 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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
15.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,767; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

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 higher20%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.4%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented44.2%20.5%
Detached houses4.2%22.9%
Flats14%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van41.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025583 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£107,000285 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£86,500–£138,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£185,000
Semi-detached (50)£136,500
Terraced (194)£105,000
Flat (36)£82,500

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
32an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an urban school averages 6.1

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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