St Swithun's Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in Southsea. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/02/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is well above average, progress in reading is above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.1%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Taswell Road, Southsea

School Information

Address: Taswell Road, Southsea, PO5 2RG
Website: www.stswithunscatholicprimaryschool.co.uk
Telephone: 02392829339
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Portsmouth
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Declan Dixie-Goodwin
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 116386

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/02/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 351
Number of Pupils: 341
Number of Boys: 166
Number of Girls: 175

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 2.4 Confidence interval 0.6 to 4.2
Writing
Average: 1.1 Confidence interval -0.5 to 2.8
Maths
Well Above Average: 3.4 Confidence interval 1.8 to 5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:89%
England Average:65%

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

School:18%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Swithun's Catholic Primary School
Taswell Road , PO5 2RG
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Southsea Infant School
Collingwood Road , PO5 2SR
3out of 4 403 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Craneswater Junior School
St Ronan's Road , PO4 0PX
3out of 4 685 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Bramble Infant School and Nursery
Bramble Road , PO4 0DT
3out of 4 1,083 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Cottage Grove Primary School
Chivers Close , PO5 1HG
3out of 4 1,113 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Priory School
Fawcett Road , PO4 0DL
3out of 4 1,451 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Ark Charter Academy
Hyde Park Road , PO5 4HL
3out of 4 1,703 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Edmund's Catholic School
Arundel Street , PO1 1RX
4out of 4 1,941 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Miltoncross Academy
Milton Road , Milton PO3 6RB
3out of 4 2,570 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Portsmouth Academy
St Mary's Road , PO1 5PF
3out of 4 2,573 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mayville High School
Mayville high School , 35-37 St Simon's Road PO5 2PE
- not rated 78 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
St John's College
Grove Road South , PO5 3QW
- not rated 811 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Portsmouth High School
25 Kent Road , Southsea PO5 3EQ
- not rated 1,223 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
University of Portsmouth
University House , Winston Churchill Avenue PO1 2UP
- not rated 1,808 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Portsmouth Grammar School
High Street , Old Portsmouth PO1 2LN
- not rated 1,885 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.