St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Kirklands Road
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA2 4JD
Phone 01228401800
Reference Number 148701

General Makeup

Number of pupils 230
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.87%
Girls: 49.13%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 23%

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 14 30
2 16 13 29
3 14 16 30
4 15 13 28
5 14 17 31
6 19 11 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 73.9%
White, Other 8.3%
African 7.8%
Mixed, Other 3.9%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
White & Asian 0.9%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
11 Feb 2026 Monitoring visit
03 Jun 2025 Monitoring visit
08 Oct 2024 School inspection
09 Sep 2021 Academy conversion letter
23 Jan 2018 Short inspection
Previously as St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School
23 Jan 2018 Short inspection
16 Apr 2013 Full inspection:
16 Apr 2013 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
17 Jun 2009 Curriculum and development visit
17 Jun 2009 Curriculum and development visit
06 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
06 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
04 May 2004 Full inspection
04 May 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 41%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 101

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.1
Writing 3.1
Maths -1

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 0
Third Preference 18 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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