St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith

Academy converterPrimaryAges 4–11MixedRoman Catholic

Drovers Lane, St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith, CA11 9EL

Headteacher · Miss Rebecca Davies

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Key facts

Pupils104Capacity 140

OfstedGoodInspected 21 June 2022

TrustMater Christi Multi-Academy Trust

Free school meals14.4%

Good

Graded inspection on 21 June 2022 (as St Catherine's Catholic Primary School).

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Westmorland and Furness council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 12 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered13

Applications36

First choice12

First-choice offers12

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).