St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Lancashire, North West.
Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 94 pupils. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is part of ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.
Ofsted Report Card
Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 26 May 2026
Met
Evaluation areas
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Previous Ofsted Rating
Subject Areas (previous framework)
Leadership &management
Inadequate
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Requires improvement
Behaviour &attitudes
Inadequate
Early yearsprovision
Requires improvement
Academic Performance
Well below average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 37%
- Higher standard
- 0%
- Reading score
- 100
- Maths score
- 97
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
55%Boys
45%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 94
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
- MAT name
- ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2024 | Inadequate | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Inadequate | Inadequate |
| 22 Oct 2018 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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