St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard CastleGreen Lane Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Barnard Castle.

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle and Green Lane Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Barnard Castle.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Green Lane Church of England Primary School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle was judged Good and Green Lane Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 81.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle and 55.0% for Green Lane Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle (92.0% in 2022-23, 81.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle versus Green Lane Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Barnard CastleSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard CastleBarnard CastleGreen Lane Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB77/100Stronger figureC58/100
Local ranking7th of 202 in County Durham Stronger figure154th of 202 in County Durham
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll100 196
Capacity105 258
LocationBarnard Castle, DL12 8JR Barnard Castle, DL12 8LG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard81.0% Stronger figure55.0% 62.0%
At higher standard31.0% Stronger figure8.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score111.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census100 196
Free school meals (ever 6)18.2% 29.6%
English as an additional language2.0% 6.1%
SEN support31.0% 15.3%
SEN with an EHC plan0.0% 2.5%
Attendance
Overall absence3.2% Stronger figure6.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence7.8% Stronger figure17.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle

Green Lane Church of England Primary School

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