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St Swithun's Catholic Primary School

State school · Southsea, PO5 2RG
  • Primary/prep
  • Co-ed
  • Ages 2-11
  • 357 pupils

Overview & data

Pupil numbers
357 ·
Religion
RC
Local authority
Portsmouth City Council

Headteacher

Head

Mrs Jennifer Verhiest

Entrance

We do not have admissions information for this school. Please contact the school or your local authority for more details on how to apply.

Exit

Entry and exit data - year 6 exit (average 2020-2022)

St Edmund's Catholic School 66 %
Oaklands Catholic School 11 %
Other 11 %
Where the number of students is less than 10, we cannot say where they've come from or where they are going to due to data protection rules.
Unknown 11 %
Where the school a student attended before or after this school is not known. These might be students who have come from or going to home schooling, independent schools, moving abroad etc.
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Latest results

Results data - % of pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2024)

School
67%
LA avg.
52%
Eng. avg.
61%
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% of pupils meeting expected standard

Pupils are meeting the expected standard if they achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in their reading and maths tests, and their teacher assesses them as 'working at the expected standard' or better in writing.

Teaching & learning

14
Number of teachers
24:1
Pupil to teacher ratio

Learning support & SEN

1.7 %
Students with a SEN EHCP
15.4 %
Students with SEN support

Pupils

357
Number of pupils

Inspection reports

Ofsted reports

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Short inspection: Good

You can read full reports on the Ofsted website

Leadership and management Good
Early years provision Good

Full inspection: Requires improvement

Leadership and management Requires improvement

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Contact the school

Address

Taswell Road
Southsea
Hampshire
PO5 2RG
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Telephone: 023 9282 9339

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.sscps.co.uk

Local authority: Portsmouth City Council

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School data & information St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Taswell Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 2RG
357 Pupil numbers
17 % % of pupils eligible for free school meals
49 % Pupils whose first language is not English
24:1 Pupil to teacher ratio
14 Number of teachers
14 Number of teaching assistants

% of pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2024)

School
67%
LA avg.
52%
Eng. avg.
61%

% of pupils meeting expected standard

Pupils are meeting the expected standard if they achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in their reading and maths tests at key stage 2 (year 6), and their teacher assesses them as 'working at the expected standard' or better in writing.

% of pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths (2024)

School
2%
LA avg.
2%
Eng. avg.
8%

% of pupils achieving at a higher standard

Pupils are achieving at a higher standard if they achieve a scaled score of 110 or more in their reading and maths tests at key stage 2 (year 6), and their teacher assesses them as ‘working at a greater depth within the expected standard’ in writing. The DfE set this standard for the first time in 2016 to provide information about pupils across England achieving in the top 5%.

Progress score in reading (2023)

0.5 Score Average
≈ 67% of schools in England

What is a progress score?

These scores show how much progress pupils at this school made in reading between the end of key stage 1 and the end of key stage 2, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1. Please note, these results are for 2023. No data is available for 2024 due to Covid 19 disruption.

Progress score in writing (2023)

-0.7 Score Average
≈ 67% of schools in England

What is a progress score?

These scores show how much progress pupils at this school made in reading between the end of key stage 1 and the end of key stage 2, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1. Please note, these results are for 2023. No data is available for 2024 due to Covid 19 disruption.

Progress score in maths (2023)

1.0 Score Average
≈ 59% of schools in England

What is a progress score?

These scores show how much progress pupils at this school made in reading between the end of key stage 1 and the end of key stage 2, compared to pupils across England who got similar results at the end of key stage 1. Please note, these results are for 2023. No data is available for 2024 due to Covid 19 disruption.

Average score in reading (2024)

80 Lowest
100 Expected
120 Highest
School
108
LA avg.
104
Eng. avg.
105

Average score in reading

This score shows how well pupils performed in the key stage 2 reading test. This score is known as the reading ‘scaled score’. The average scaled score is the mean scaled score of all pupils awarded a scaled score. It only includes pupils who took the test and achieved a scaled score.

Average score in maths (2024)

80 Lowest
100 Expected
120 Highest
School
106
LA avg.
103
Eng. avg.
104

Average score in maths

This score shows how well pupils performed in the key stage 2 maths test. This score is known as the maths ‘scaled score’. The average scaled score is the mean scaled score of all pupils awarded a scaled score. It only includes pupils who took the test and achieved a scaled score.

Entry and exit data

Here we report figures on pupils moving between schools at the usual entry and exit points, as well as student destinations into higher education. We publish publically available data for state schools. For independent schools, The Good Schools Guide collects data from its prep schools as to where their pupils go on to. Find out more

Our review contains additional entry and exit data reported to us and is updated annually. See the review

Year 6 exit (average 2020-2022)

SEN overview

St Swithun's Catholic Primary School is a mainstream school. The school may provide support for students with special educational needs as detailed below. If you require more information on conditions the school can support, we encourage you to contact the school directly.

SEN statement

Provided by the school and not part of our review

SENCO and Deputy Head - Mrs Liz Bradbury work with a amall but dedicated team of LSA staff that support individual pupils, small groups - either in class or through small group intervention programmes - and general in class support. We aim to identify pupils early and support as appropriate to needs. Parents are kept well informed through IEP's and Parent - Teacher consultations. We have excellent links and support from outside agencies and LEA staff.

1.7 %
Students with a SEN EHCP UK mainstream school avg. 3%
15.4 %
Students with SEN support UK mainstream school avg. 14.1%

SEN conditons supported

No information available from the school. Find out more.

Ofsted reports

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Short inspection: Good

You can read full reports on the Ofsted website

Leadership and management Good
Early years provision Good

Full inspection: Requires improvement

Leadership and management Requires improvement
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