St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Morecambe, Lancashire
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe is a primary school in Morecambe, Lancashire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 10 July 2024.
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Key facts
- Address
- Coniston Road, Morecambe, LA4 5PS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 150 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils very much enjoy coming to school.”
- “They have a strong understanding of kindness, compassion and respect.”
- “Pupils demonstrate this through the way that they behave towards one another and how they treat those outside of their school community.”
To improve
- “While the school is ambitious for pupils’ success, some pupils do not achieve highly enough.”
- “These pupils are not as well prepared for secondary school as they should be.”
- “However, despite the positive start in the early years, the school has not ensured that some pupils in key stages 1 and 2 have sufficient opportunities to practise their reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 52% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lancaster Road Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Great Wood Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged
- Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement
- West End Primary School 1.2 mi Good
- Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good