Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees·TS23 2BS
Composite score
53.2
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#6,134
National rank
#342
In North East
#29
In Stockton-on-Tees
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
37
any preference, for 21 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.8720241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
157
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,948
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy at a glance

Located in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 157 pupils aged 3 to 11. 71% 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 32.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% 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 Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy their first choice was offered one of its 21 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% 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. Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic 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.

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