St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Birch Road
Barnard Castle
County Durham
DL12 8JR
Phone 01833637029
Reference Number 149058

General Makeup

Number of pupils 100
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53%
Girls: 47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 5 5 10
2 6 9 15
3 4 7 11
4 3 2 5
5 11 6 17
6 10 6 16

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 95%
White, Other 4%
Mixed, Other 1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
12 Nov 2024 School inspection
28 Jun 2022 Academy conversion letter
27 Nov 2019 Full inspection:
Previously as St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Barnard Castle
27 Nov 2019 Full inspection:
10 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
10 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
08 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
08 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
09 Jun 2003 Full inspection
09 Jun 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 81%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 31%

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 111
Maths 109

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 3.5
Writing 5.6
Maths 0.5

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 13 1
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School
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0.42 miles
Green Lane Church of England Primary School
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0.47 miles
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