St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell

Academy converter·Primary school Bracknell Forest·RG12 7RD
Composite score
46.4
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#8,648
National rank
#1281
In South East
#16
In Bracknell Forest
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
29 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9220230.7820240.9720250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell yet. Bracknell Forest does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
206
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
51.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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Location

About St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell

St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell is a primary school in Bracknell Forest, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 206 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 93% of the families who made St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 21.1 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. St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell 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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