St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe
Primary school in Morecambe, Lancashire. Requires improvement (Jul 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 10 July 2024, report published 17 September 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around January 2027
The last inspection was in July 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.2 milesPoulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School
Report card, Mar 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention
- 0.3 milesMorecambe Bay Community Primary School
Report card, Jan 2026: 1 expected, 6 needs attention
- 0.4 milesLancaster Road Primary School
Report card, Mar 2026: 3 expected, 4 needs attention
- 0.7 milesGreat Wood Primary School
School remains Good (Nov 2022)
- 0.9 milesMorecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jul 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.