# St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe is a primary school in Lancaster, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 150 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E119622. [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 150
- Council: Lancaster
- URN: 119622

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), July 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 10 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 52% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Morecambe Bay Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-bay-academy-e147115): 290 m. Secondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 39.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/poulton-le-sands-church-of-england-primary-school-e119538): 350 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Morecambe Bay Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-bay-community-primary-school-e119135): 510 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lancaster Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lancaster-road-primary-school-e119137): 620 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Great Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-wood-primary-school-e119311): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morecambe-and-heysham-torrisholme-community-primary-school-e119283): 1.4 km. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119622)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119622)

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