St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston is a primary school in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 1 mile, the 2nd shortest of 13 Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.00 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 19 offers; 19 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- There are 28.1 pupils per teacher and 4.5% eligible for free school meals; middle figures across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness are 20.7 and 8%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Springfield Road, Ulverston, LA12 0EA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Mary's appreciate the care and attention that staff provide.”
- “This makes the school a welcoming and supportive environment for pupils.”
- “Pupils have secure and supportive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “This is also the case for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “However, some pupils do not consistently demonstrate accurate spelling, punctuation and handwriting skills across subjects.”
- “However, at times, some pupils distract others in lessons when they do not focus fully on their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2026 (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) | 65% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- Sir John Barrow School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Croftlands Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Croftlands Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Church Walk CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pennington CofE School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lindal and Marton Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Low Furness CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Penny Bridge CofE School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published