OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
21 November 2023
Latest published outcome
Requires improvement
OEIF
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Requires improvement
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Trust
MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
40
40 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
25
62.5% of pupils
Male pupils
15
37.5% of pupils
7.3 pts
below England
School
17.5%
Westmorland and Furness
15.0%
North West
28.5%
England
24.8%
27.2 pts
above England
School
47.5%
Westmorland and Furness
5.2%
North West
18.1%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Westmorland and Furness
1.2%
North West
0.8%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
35.0%
14
Any other Mixed background
7.5%
3
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
25.0%
10 of
40 pupils
4.2 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
Westmorland and Furness
22.3%
SEN support
15.0%
6 pupils
England
14.8%
0.2 pts
above
EHC plans
10.0%
4 pupils
England
6.0%
4.0 pts
above
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
No specialist assessment yet
3
Specific learning difficulty
3
Speech, language & communication
2
Social, emotional & mental health
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
7.17%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.95 pts
higher than
England
School
7.17%
Westmorland and Furness
5.09%
North West
6.25%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
30.77%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
14.95 pts
higher than
England
School
30.77%
Westmorland and Furness
11.05%
North West
15.89%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Westmorland and Furness
0.87%
North West
1.75%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
46.5%
41.7 pts
below England
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere
46.5%
Westmorland and Furness
79.9%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.