The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster | Primary in Lancaster | Ofsted & DfE

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

202

Pupils · 2024/25

28%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

202

Pupils · 2024/25

28%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

202

Pupils · 2024/25

28%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 11/03/2020

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLancashire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio23.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster · Primary · Lancashire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

80%

+3pp

82%75%67%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

-10pp

14%9%3%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

93%

Reading higher standard

50%

Writing expected standard

83%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

90%

Maths higher standard

20%

Science expected standard

83%

SPAG expected standard

87%

SPAG higher standard

43%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

107.0

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.

View full history

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

202

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

28%

FSM eligible

29%

SEN

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Balmoral Road, Lancaster, LA1 3BT

Local authority

Lancashire

Website

www.cathedral.lancs.sch.uk

Telephone

0152464686

—

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	80%	3%	93%	50%	83%	13%	90%	20%	83%	87%	109.0	105.0	107.0	—	—	—	8%	202
2023/24	77%	13%	93%	47%	97%	20%	77%	30%	97%	87%	109.0	106.0	107.0	—	—	—	7%	206
2022/23	79%	10%	90%	45%	83%	14%	93%	34%	86%	79%	109.0	108.0	105.0	+2.10	-0.50	+1.20	8%	208
2018/19	67%	3%	70%	20%	77%	33%	83%	10%	83%	80%	103.0	104.0	105.0	+1.90	+3.90	+0.70	13%	186
2017/18	82%	14%	96%	50%	82%	18%	93%	21%	86%	82%	109.0	106.0	106.0	+7.80	+3.20	+6.10	12%	203
2016/17	63%	17%	67%	27%	87%	17%	77%	23%	83%	80%	105.0	104.0	104.0	+3.10	+2.90	+1.60	11%	205

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	202	23.8	8%	28%	29%	6%	13%
2023/24	206	22.9	7%	31%	34%	5%	14%
2022/23	208	24.2	8%	31%	33%	6%	14%
2021/22	204	24.3	8%	28%	35%	5%	16%
2020/21	202	22.4	11%	29%	33%	—	—
2018/19	186	19.4	13%	28%	27%	4%	10%
2017/18	203	20.9	12%	28%	28%	5%	13%
2016/17	205	22.8	11%	26%	29%	4%	11%