St Pancras Catholic Primary School
De Montfort Road, Lewes, BN7 1SR
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Hilary Nawrocka
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 33
- URN
- 114568
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
St Pancras Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Lewes. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 33 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Pancras Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 13% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 38% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 25% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 13% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Pancras Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 33 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Pancras Catholic Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.4% | 33.3% | 33 | — |
| Western Road Community Primary School | 70% | 5% | 7.1% | 214 | 0.3 miles |
| Southover CofE Primary School | 60% | 4.9% | 18.2% | 288 | 0.3 miles |
| Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School | 53% | 6% | 30.7% | 324 | 0.4 miles |
| South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School | 67% | 5.3% | 19.4% | 230 | 1.0 miles |
| Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School | 58% | 6.2% | 15.4% | 190 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.3%
- English as an additional language
- 27.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.4%
- Persistent absence
- 47.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Western Road Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Lewes
-
Southover CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Lewes
-
Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Lewes
-
South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Lewes
-
Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Lewes
Other schools in Lewes
- Barcombe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chailey St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chiddingly Primary School Primary
- East Hoathly CofE Primary School Primary
- Firle Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hamsey Community Primary School Primary
- Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School Primary
- Laughton Community Primary School Primary
- Newick Church of England Primary School Primary
- Plumpton Primary School Primary
- Ringmer Primary and Nursery School Primary
- South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St Pancras Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Pancras Catholic Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Lewes.
- Has St Pancras Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Pancras Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at St Pancras Catholic Primary School?
- St Pancras Catholic Primary School had 33 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have St Pancras Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 13% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Pancras Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Pancras Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.