St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy

Academy converter · Primary school · Dewsbury, Kirklees
WF13 3QE
Composite score
20.8

St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Dewsbury, Kirklees, St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as an academy converter with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 383 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 32% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with 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 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). If you are considering St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy, 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 further down the page.

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#14,413
National rank
#1551
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#107
In Kirklees
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
32%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
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
Requires improvement

School profile

Pupils on roll 383 % FSM ever-6 27.7% % EAL 45.4% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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