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St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle

Primary · Cumberland · CA2 4JD · URN 148701

Ofsted: not publishedLast inspected 2024-10-08Cohort 217Roman Catholic

Exam results, in full

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Key stage 2 results

Taken by pupils at the end of Year 6, so they describe a primary school.

2024-2025 results · cohort 29
4 of 4 headline figuresArea average from 131 schools in Cumberland

  • Reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

    41%

    Cumberland 55.3%England 61%

    14.3 percentage points below the area average of 55.3

    Overall standards

  • Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths

    7%

    Cumberland 5.4%England 8%

    1.6 percentage points above the area average of 5.4

    Academic stretch

  • Average scaled score in reading

    104

    Cumberland 104.75England 105

    0.7 below the area average of 104.8

    Overall standards

  • Average scaled score in maths

    101

    Cumberland 103.01England 105

    2 below the area average of 103

    Overall standards

  • Average scaled score in grammar, punctuation and spelling

    103

    Cumberland 104.09England 105

    1.1 below the area average of 104.1

    Overall standards

  • Higher standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling

    28%

    Cumberland 22.7%England 32%

    5.4 percentage points above the area average of 22.7

    Academic stretch

  • Expected standard in reading

    59%

    Cumberland 72.2%

    13.2 percentage points below the area average of 72.2

    Context only, not scored

  • Expected standard in writing

    62%

    Cumberland 68.7%

    6.7 percentage points below the area average of 68.7

    Context only, not scored

  • Expected standard in maths

    66%

    Cumberland 68.5%

    2.5 percentage points below the area average of 68.5

    Context only, not scored

  • Pupils in the results cohort

    29

    Cumberland 23

    6.2 above the area average of 22.8

    Context only, not scored

Withheld figures are suppressed at source to protect small cohorts. Figures marked not published are ones the department no longer publishes for any school. Source: DfE performance tables, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Local authority average class size

Area benchmark

Cumberland · State-funded schools · 2025/26

Primary classes
22.4 pupils per class

This is the council-area average, not this school’s class size. It is not used in your scorecard ranking.

Source: DfE school census · 2025/26

Published figures

English as an additional language
25.8% of pupils
Eligible for free school meals
28.6% of pupils
Pupils on SEN support
15.2% of pupils
Pupils per adult, including teaching assistants
10.1pupils per adult
Higher standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
28% of pupils
Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
7% of pupils
Pupils per teacher (2025/26 staff census)
19.9pupils per teacher
Reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
41% of pupils
Teachers who stayed the following year (3-year average)
77.9% of teachers

Data last refreshed 2026-10-12. Source: DfE and Ofsted open data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where it is

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