Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy

Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Wolverhampton, Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 210 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in December 2025. 79% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 24% 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 Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.