Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth
Kellet Road, Carnforth, LA5 9LS
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Kendall
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 112
- Pupils on roll
- 72
- URN
- 119618
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Carnforth. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 72 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | - |
| Reading progress | +0.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - |
| Maths progress | +4.20 | - |
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 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 77 |
| 2023/24 | 72 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth compares
Its absence rate was lower than 42% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.1% | 30.8% | 72 | — |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth | 54% | 5.9% | 39.4% | 81 | 0.0 miles |
| Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School | 63% | 4.4% | 21.2% | 113 | 0.2 miles |
| Carnforth Community Primary School | 29% | 5.1% | 25.6% | 99 | 0.3 miles |
| Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School | 36% | 6.3% | 24.7% | 95 | 1.2 miles |
| Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 102 | 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)
- 30.8%
- English as an additional language
- 13.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.1%
- Persistent absence
- 19.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth0.0 miles
Primary · Carnforth
-
Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Carnforth
-
Carnforth Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Carnforth
-
Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Nr Carnforth
-
Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Carnforth
Other schools in Carnforth
- Arkholme Church of England Primary School Primary
- Arnside National CofE School Primary
- Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burton Morewood CofE Primary School Primary
- Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Carnforth Community Primary School Primary
- Holme Primary School Primary
- Ingleton Primary School Primary
- Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School Primary
- Nether Kellet Community Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth Primary
- Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth teach?
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Carnforth.
- Has Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth 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 big is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth?
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth had 72 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth'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 28 October 2024.