St Catherine's Roman Catholic School

Primary · Bridport · DT6 3TR

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 1 March 2026

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At a glance

100 pupils · 48% of 210 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 5–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Free school meals: 21% of pupils
English as additional language: 8.5% of pupils
SEN support: 16.1% of pupils
EHC plan: 3.4% of pupils
Website: http://www.stcatherinesbridport.dorset.sch.uk/
URN: 140757

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

30%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

100

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

19.6%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

17.2

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,178

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

13 January 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
11 May 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2
25 February 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
12 June 2019: Requires improvement (graded inspection)
19 January 2017: Requires improvement (graded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Bridport Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.4 mi
The Sir John Colfox AcademyGood · Secondary · 0.5 mi
Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.1 mi
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 1.5 mi
Loders CofE Primary AcademyNo current grade · Primary · 1.6 mi
Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.7 mi
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolNo current grade · Primary · 2.9 mi
Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolRequires improvement · Primary · 3.3 mi

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