Ofsted: Requires improvement trending_up Places Available emoji_events #375 in Lancashire public Top 84% UK

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onBurnley, BB10 4BH

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2019

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Students

207

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Expected Standard

43%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Burnley, serving ages 4-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 84% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley is a voluntary aided school in Burnley, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 207 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #375 of 476 primaries in Lancashire and #12,499 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 26.4%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 1.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading60% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing53% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths67% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

42%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading58% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing55% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths61% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.0

Read

LA -0.2

-2.3 to 2.3

-1.2

Write

LA 0.1

-3.4 to 1.0

-0.8

Maths

LA -0.3

-2.9 to 1.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading70% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing57% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths70% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA -0.2

-3.8 to 0.7

-4.9

Write

LA 0.1

-6.9 to -2.8

-1.3

Maths

LA -0.2

-3.2 to 0.7

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

30%

LA 65%

Reading53% LA 76%

Writing73% LA 78%

Maths57% LA 75%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.6

Read

LA 0.1

-4.7 to -0.5

0.4

Write

LA 0.1

-1.7 to 2.5

-2.6

Maths

LA 0.0

-4.5 to -0.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2019-07-09

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2017-01-31

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2012-12-11

None Legacy

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.4%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(2 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 207 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.4%, which is above the termly national average of 0.7%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2022/23 (Summer term)	207	3	1.4%	0.7%	1
2022/23 (Spring term)	207	2	1.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	201	3	1.5%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	205	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	205	8	3.9%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	204	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	211	6	2.8%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	209	2	1.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	209	5	2.4%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	223	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	223	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	219	2	0.9%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	235	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	234	2	0.9%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	226	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	237	8	3.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	232	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	225	2	0.9%	0.5%	1
2016/17 (Summer term)	244	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	236	2	0.8%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	234	0	0.0%	0.5%	0