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St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood, Fleetwood

Primary
Academy converter
Mixed
Roman Catholic
Ages 5–11

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood is a primary school for pupils aged 5 to 11 in Fleetwood, part of The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was 83% full in 2025.

Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Lancashire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood in detail

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood in its own words

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, athletics, swimming, multi-sports, dance and cheerleading.

The school runs a breakfast club.

Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood (URN 119623), 84% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

Getting a place at St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 15 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 St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood are Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 55% reading, 48% maths); Shakespeare Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 88% maths); St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy (0.9 miles, 31% reading, 31% maths); and Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 48% reading, 60% maths).

Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary SchoolShakespeare Primary SchoolSt Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic AcademyFleetwood Flakefleet Primary School

The trust

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood is one of 20 schools run by The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 20 schools in The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Who goes there

58.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 11.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Asian (5%).

In 2026, 20 pupils (15%) received SEN support and 1 (0.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Staffing

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood had 9 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest tram or metro stop is London Street (Blackpool Tramway), about 270 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marine Hall (opposite), 230 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood 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 181 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood issued 10 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood are Fleetwood High School (1.2 miles); and Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood (1.7 miles).

Fleetwood High SchoolCardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood

Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; 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

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Ann Kowalska
Pupils:133
LA:Lancashire
Phone:01253878445
Address:London Street, Fleetwood, FY7 6EU
Trust:THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (20 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 January 2025

Ofsted Rating

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in January 2025. Before that, as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood (URN 119623), it was rated Good in February 2018.

URN:151272
UKPRN:10096356
Diocese:Diocese of Lancaster
Constituency:Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

58.6%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Class Sizes

22.2

Avg class size

6

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

Results at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood before it took its current form in 2025 (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

Published for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood (URN 119623), the school St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood replaced. There are no figures for St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood yet, so these are shown separately.

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-8ppMathsWriting

Reading has declined from 92% to 84% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 80% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 72% (2024 to 2025).

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Before and after school care

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood 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 Lancashire

Term dates

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Lancashire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Tube / Metro / Tram

London Street (Blackpool Tramway) (N-bound)
272m · 4 min walk
Victoria Street (Blackpool Tramway) (N-bound)
359m · 6 min walk
Fleetwood Ferry (Blackpool Tramway)
529m · 9 min walk

Ferry Terminals

Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing
648m · 11 min walk

Bus Stops

Marine Hall (opp)
234m · 4 min walk
The Mount (by)
262m · 4 min walk
Preston Street (by)
283m · 5 min walk
St Marys Church (o/s)
294m · 5 min walk
Mount Street (by)
333m · 5 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
32
Fatal
0
Serious
12
Children hurt
10

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 32 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 12 serious and 20 slight.

10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise.

5 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 Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 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

83%

Available places

143 pupils

173 places

30 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Fleetwood

Low pressure
New homes approved:326
Projected new pupils:82

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Fleetwood

Across Lancashire council

Low demand council-wide0.79 applications per place

Places available

15,442

Applications

12,122

Got 1st preference

91.3%

Got preferred school

98.3%

All primary applications across Lancashire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

20

SEN Support

1

EHC Plans

15.8%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health7
Speech, Language & Communication4
Moderate Learning Difficulty3
Hearing Impairment1
Physical Disability1
Autistic Spectrum Disorder1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
81.2%
Asian
5.3%
Black
2.3%
Mixed
4.5%
Chinese
0.8%
Other
0.8%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals58.6%
English as Additional Language11.3%

133

Total Pupils

65

Boys

68

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

9

Teachers

14.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£51,767

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,802

Per pupil

£1202k

Total funding

£120k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£201,323
EAL funding£6,418
Lump sum£145,100

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.5%

Overall absence

26.8%

Persistent absence

142

Enrolments

Authorised4.3%
Unauthorised3.2%
Persistent (10%+)26.8%
Severe (50%+)1.4%

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood

Are there exam results for St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood (URN 119623), 84% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

What is St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood's Ofsted rating?

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in January 2025. Before that, as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood (URN 119623), it was rated Good in February 2018.

What is the catchment area for St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

No fixed boundary. When St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood is oversubscribed, Lancashire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood was not full in 2025: it ran at 83% of its 173 places.

How big are the classes at St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

Classes at St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood average 22.2 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood has around 133 pupils on roll. 59% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

7.5% of sessions were missed at St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood in 2024/25. 26.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

Apply through Lancashire's coordinated admissions process, naming St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood 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 St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood have a breakfast club or after-school club?

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood 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.

How many road collisions happen near St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 32 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 12 serious and 20 slight. 10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 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 Lancashire is 12 (the median across 707 schools, same distance and years).

Where is St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood?

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood is at London Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 6EU.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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