OFSTED
Latest inspection
14 April 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum & teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance & behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development
Strong standard
Leadership & governance
Expected standard
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
101
99 full-time ·
2 part-time
Female pupils
48
47.5% of pupils
Male pupils
53
52.5% of pupils
7.0 pts
below England
School
17.8%
Westmorland and Furness
15.0%
North West
28.5%
England
24.8%
16.3 pts
below England
School
4.0%
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
1.0%
1
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
19.8%
20 of
101 pupils
1.0 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
Westmorland and Furness
22.3%
SEN support
8.9%
9 pupils
England
14.8%
5.9 pts
below
EHC plans
10.9%
11 pupils
England
6.0%
4.9 pts
above
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
6
Speech, language & communication
5
Moderate learning difficulty
3
Specific learning difficulty
3
Autistic spectrum disorder
1
No specialist assessment yet
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
4.67%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.55 pts
lower than
England
School
4.67%
Westmorland and Furness
5.09%
North West
6.25%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
11.54%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
4.28 pts
lower than
England
School
11.54%
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
96.2%
8.0 pts
above England
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness
96.2%
Westmorland and Furness
79.9%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.