Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy

Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 194 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 18 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy 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.