St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Littleborough · OL15 8DU
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 25 November 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
200 pupils · 95% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151760
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.96 first-choice applications per place23 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Sessions missed (overall absence)
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Pupils per qualified teacher
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby schools
- Littleborough Community Primary School
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School
- Wardle Academy
- Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary School
- St James' Church of England Primary School
- Meadows School