St Mary's Catholic Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good May 7 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Unique reference
- 112353
- Address
- High Road, Kells, CA28 9PG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 190 (85% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.4%
- Girls
- 51.6%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 24.2%
- Persistent absence
- 12.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.2%
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| African | 1.6% |
| Indian | 4.2% |
| Mixed | 4.7% |
| Other White | 4.7% |
| White British | 83.2% |
| Other Asian | 0.5% |
| Other Black | 0.5% |
| Other | 0.5% |
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-1.9
WritingAverage-0.9
MathsAverage-0.7
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
| Area | Percentage |
|---|---|
| School | 76% |
| Local authority average | 56% |
| England average | 62% |
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
| Area | Percentage |
|---|---|
| School | 12% |
| Local authority average | 5% |
| England average | 8% |
Average score in reading
| Area | Average score |
|---|---|
| School | 109 |
| Local authority average | 105 |
| England average | 106 |
Average score in maths
| Area | Average score |
|---|---|
| School | 107 |
| Local authority average | 103 |
| England average | 105 |
Admissions
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 23
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 23
- 2nd preference
- 13
- 3rd preference
- 6
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 23
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.4 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 22 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 25 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 8 6 2 |
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 13 7 6 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 3 2 1 |
| Reception, Full-time | 21 12 9 |
| Year 1 | 19 9 10 |
| Year 2 | 26 12 14 |
| Year 3 | 25 15 10 |
| Year 4 | 25 9 16 |
| Year 5 | 25 11 14 |
| Year 6 | 25 9 16 |