St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | School performance

15%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

140

Pupils · 2024/25

12%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

15%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

140

Pupils · 2024/25

12%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

15%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

140

Pupils · 2024/25

12%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Inadequate

Ofsted inspection · 16/04/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLancashire

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio13.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy · Primary · Lancashire

Part ofROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

15%

-22pp

37%26%15%

'23'24'25

'25 · 15%

RWM higher standard

0pp

0%0%0%

'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

48%

Reading higher standard

15%

Writing expected standard

30%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

30%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

52%

SPAG expected standard

37%

SPAG higher standard

11%

Reading scaled score

99.0

Maths scaled score

96.0

GPS scaled score

97.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

140

Pupil : teacher ratio

13.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

12%

FSM eligible

76%

SEN

31%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

25%

Contact

Address

Tong Lane, Bacup, OL13 9LJ

Local authority

Lancashire

Website

stmarysbacup.org

Telephone

01706873123

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	15%	0%	48%	15%	30%	0%	30%	4%	52%	37%	99.0	96.0	97.0	—	—	—	31%	140
2023/24	37%	0%	53%	11%	63%	0%	42%	5%	58%	58%	100.0	97.0	102.0	—	—	—	26%	153
2022/23	32%	0%	47%	16%	53%	0%	32%	5%	63%	42%	100.0	96.0	99.0	-2.70	-1.20	-5.40	26%	167
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	140	11.5	31%	12%	76%	8%	25%
2023/24	153	15.7	26%	8%	78%	9%	29%
2022/23	167	15.8	26%	7%	81%	6%	25%
2021/22	177	15.5	28%	7%	81%	8%	30%
2020/21	171	14.1	17%	7%	70%	—	—