St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in Whitehaven. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 05/03/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4%, the same as UK average.

School Information

Address: High Road, Whitehaven, CA28 9PG
Website: www.kells-stmarys.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 0194666356
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Susan Starkie
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 112353

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 05/03/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 180
Number of Pupils: 201
Number of Boys: 98
Number of Girls: 103

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -2.1 to 2.6
Writing
Average: 2.1 Confidence interval -0.1 to 4.3
Maths
Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -1.6 to 2.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:88%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:12%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4St Mary's Catholic Primary School
High Road, Kells CA28 9PG 		0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4Kells Infant School
High Road, Kells CA28 9PQ 		144 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Monkwray Junior School
Monkwray Brow, CA28 9DT 		801 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School
Esk Avenue, Corkickle CA28 8AJ 		1,451 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Begh's Catholic Junior School
Coach Road, CA28 7TE 		1,527 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4St Benedict's Catholic High School
Red Lonning, Hensingham CA28 8UG 		2,845 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
1out of 4The Whitehaven Academy
Cleator Moor Road, CA28 8TY 		2,913 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Mayfield School
Campus Whitehaven, Red Lonning CA28 8UG 		3,139 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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