St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led in Bacup, Lancashire.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy sponsor led |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Religious character | Roman Catholic |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 94 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 210 |
| Free school meals | 75.50% |
| Trust or sponsor | ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Lancashire |
| Address | Tong Lane, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 9LJ |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | stmarysbacup.org |
| Telephone | 01706873123 |
| URN | 147592 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 14 April 2026, published 26 May 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 16 April 2024, published 20 June 2024:
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | No |
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Bacup Thorn Primary School (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Britannia Community Primary School (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- Sharneyford Primary School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Northern Primary School (primary school, about 1.9 km)
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup (primary school, about 2.1 km)
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 2.3 km)
- St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 3.0 km)
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