St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Barnard Castle is a primary school located in Barnard Castle. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 11/10/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.2%, which is 0.8 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Birch Road, Barnard Castle

School Information

Address: Birch Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8JR
Website: www.stmarysprimary.durham.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01833637029
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Lesley Ann Box
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 114261

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/10/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 105
Number of Pupils: 87
Number of Boys: 46
Number of Girls: 41

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 1.5 Confidence interval -1.9 to 5
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.4 Confidence interval 0.2 to 6.7
Maths
Average: 1.9 Confidence interval -1.1 to 5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:67%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Barnard Castle
Birch Road , DL12 8JR 		4out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School
Fairfield Road , DL12 8TN 		3out of 4 740 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Green Lane Church of England Controlled Primary School
Green Lane , DL12 8LG 		3out of 4 828 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Teesdale School and Sixth Form
Prospect Place , DL12 8HH 		4out of 4 1,084 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barnard Castle School
Newgate , DL12 8UN 		- not rated 601 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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