St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle
Primary school in Barnard Castle, Durham. Standards maintained (Nov 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 27 November 2019, report published 19 December 2019, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Barnard Castle (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| 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.
Since then: ungraded inspection
Inspected 12 November 2024, report published 8 December 2024.
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.
Next inspection: around November 2028
The last inspection was in November 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
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 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesMontalbo Nursery & Primary School
Outstanding (Jan 2023)
- 0.5 milesGreen Lane Church of England Primary School
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
- 3.2 milesCotherstone Primary School
Good (Feb 2024)
- 4.1 milesBowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School
Report card, Mar 2026: 7 expected
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.