Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport, Maryport
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Maryport, part of Mater Christi Multi-Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 4th-highest of the 6 schools in Maryport with published results, and 11,173rd of 14,452 across England. It was 87% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cumberland (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport in detail
Results
In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 70% in Cumberland and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 93% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport
For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport as their first choice and 14 named it as one of their preferences, for 13 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport are Ewanrigg Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 83% reading, 62% maths); Ellenborough Academy (0.3 miles); Netherton Infant School (0.3 miles, Good); and Grasslot Infant School (0.3 miles, Good).
Ewanrigg Junior SchoolEllenborough AcademyNetherton Infant SchoolGrasslot Infant School
The trust
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is one of 16 schools run by Mater Christi Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.
What parents say
24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport (as of September 2025): 92% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 86% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (92%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (83%).
Who goes there
35.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
Staffing
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Station Entrance, about 390 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cottage Hospital (outside), 160 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 69 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cumberland (22), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport issued 2 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in September 2022. Before that, as Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (URN 112337), it was rated Outstanding in March 2012.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Our Lady and St Patrick's creates a caring, purposeful environment where all children thrive academically and personally. The school excels at fostering a love of reading and supporting children with additional needs to be fully included. Rich experiences like museum visits, theatre trips and musical instrument learning help develop well-rounded, confident pupils.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with carefully chosen texts representing diverse Britain, outdoor library pod, and weekly parent involvement
- Effective support for pupils with SEND, identified early with close work between staff, parents and external professionals
- Excellent personal development including roles as school councillors, well-being champions and community service
- Robust strategies to improve attendance with marked positive impact, especially for pupils with persistent absence
- Broad curriculum with local area references and staff training in subject expertise
Areas for Improvement
- Some subjects with recently established curriculums have gaps in pupils' prior knowledge that need prompt identification and addressing
- Writing skills support not as focused as needed - some pupils make repeated mistakes that go undetected over time
- Inconsistent approach to developing pupils' written fluency and accuracy across the school
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with proper single central record review and strong policies in place.
Extracurricular Activities
After-school clubs including sports, cooking, singing and football; sports tournaments with other schools; musical instrument lessons; museum and theatre visits; outdoor library activities; story sacks; litter-picking; bag-packing for local charities; breakfast club
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a vibrant and nurturing primary school where pupils are happy and achieve well. The school has a strong Catholic ethos and provides a broad, balanced curriculum with rich enrichment opportunities.
At a Glance
35.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
24 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 93% to 64% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 71% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 71% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
18.5
Avg class size
21.3
Infant (KS1)
28.0
KS2
8
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Before and after school care
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Cumberland
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport.
- Maryport Activity Centre Holiday Playscheme920m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cumberland's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
You apply to the council where you live. Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is in Cumberland; for families living there:
- Cumberland's school travel policy: Step by step guide of the Home to School Travel Assistance Policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 20
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 20 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 15 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Cumberland is 5 (the median across 179 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
87%
Available places
183 pupils
210 places
27 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Maryport
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Maryport
Across Cumberland council
Places available
3,537
Applications
2,352
Got 1st preference
98.2%
Got preferred school
99.7%
All primary applications across Cumberland council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
39
SEN Support
8
EHC Plans
23.0%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
204
Total Pupils
93
Boys
111
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
12
Teachers
17.0:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£45,341
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,079
Per pupil
£1258k
Total funding
£95k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.5%
Overall absence
8.7%
Persistent absence
161
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport
Questions parents ask about Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport
What are SATs results like at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
Of the pupils at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 64% reached the expected standard in reading and 71% did so in maths.
What is Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport's Ofsted rating?
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in September 2022. Before that, as Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (URN 112337), it was rated Outstanding in March 2012.
What is the catchment area for Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
No fixed boundary. When Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is oversubscribed, Cumberland allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport was not full in 2025: it ran at 87% of its 210 places.
How big are the classes at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
Classes at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport average 18.5 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport has around 204 pupils on roll. 36% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
4.5% of sessions were missed at Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport in 2024/25. 8.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
Apply through Cumberland's coordinated admissions process, naming Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport: Maryport Activity Centre Holiday Playscheme (920m away, registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 20 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 15 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Cumberland is 5 (the median across 179 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport?
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport is at Ennerdale Road, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8HN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)