St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth

Academy converter·Primary school Dartmouth, Devon·TQ6 9HW
Composite score
41.4
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#10,441
National rank
#1051
In South West
#170
In Devon
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
44%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
11
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
79
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,722
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth is a primary school serving Dartmouth, Devon, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 79 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 44% 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 risen by 6.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth their first choice was offered one of its 7 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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