Primary
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle
Birch Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8JR
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 103 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 9.0
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 97
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
81%
17 points above the Barnard Castle average (64% across 5 schools)
111.0
5.2 above the Barnard Castle average (105.8 across 5 schools)
2nd of 6 by our score, among the primary schools in Barnard Castle we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 109 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 81% |
| Working at a higher standard | 31% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 92% |
| 23/24 | 75% |
| 24/25 | 81% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
Birch Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8JR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
County Durham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lesley Ann Box
- Address
- Birch Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8JR
- Telephone
- 01833637029