St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school located in Carnforth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 09/11/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in maths is above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Kendal Road, Carnforth, LA6 2DN
Website: www.stmarys-kl.cumbria.sch.uk
Telephone: 01524271334
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Brian Jones
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 112323

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 09/11/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 223
Number of Pupils: 240
Number of Boys: 116
Number of Girls: 124

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 3.5 Confidence interval 1.3 to 5.6
Writing
Average: -1.4 Confidence interval -3.4 to 0.6
Maths
Above Average: 2.1 Confidence interval 0.2 to 4

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:15%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:110
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Kendal Road , Kirkby Lonsdale LA6 2DN
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Queen Elizabeth School
Kirkby Lonsdale , LA6 2HJ
4out of 4 203 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Queen Elizabeth Studio School
Kirkby Lonsdale , LA6 2HJ
- not rated 203 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Underley Garden School
Kirkby Lonsdale , LA6 2DZ
- not rated 1,865 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Casterton, Sedbergh Preparatory School
Casterton , Kirkby Lonsdale LA6 2SG
- not rated 2,368 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.