St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in Wareham. 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 07/10/2011. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Folly Lane, Wareham

School Information

Address: Folly Lane, Wareham, BH20 6DS
Website: http://www.smsjwool.dorset.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01929462565
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Gerardine Christopher
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 140770

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 07/10/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 168
Number of Pupils: 166
Number of Boys: 82
Number of Girls: 84

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.3 Confidence interval -4.8 to 0.3
Writing
Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -3.4 to 1.2
Maths
Average: -2 Confidence interval -4.3 to 0.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:43%
England Average:65%

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

School:4%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Folly Lane , Wool BH20 6DS
4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Wool Church of England Primary School
High Street , Wool BH20 6BT
- not rated 606 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Bovington Academy
Holt Road , Bovington BH20 6LE
1out of 4 2,718 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harbour School Dorset
Cologne Road , Bovington BH20 6NU
- not rated 1,493 yd Free schools special No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.