St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor

Academy converter·Primary school County Durham·DH7 7LF
Composite score
34.4
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#12,465
National rank
#660
In North East
#166
In County Durham
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Inadequate

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
82
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,439
Typical primary: £6,960

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About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor is a primary school in County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 82 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 25.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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