St Catherine's Roman Catholic School

St Catherine's Roman Catholic School at a glance

Located in Bridport, Dorset, St Catherine's Roman Catholic School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 118 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. 30% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 20.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Catherine's Roman Catholic School their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering St Catherine's Roman Catholic School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.