All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, DovercourtSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Harwich.

Summary of the comparison

All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School are primary schools.

  • All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt scores 42 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt was judged Good and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 67.0% for All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt and 53.0% for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt (38.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (73.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt versus St Joseph's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HarwichAll Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, DovercourtSt Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD42/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking346th of 430 in Essex 153rd of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll192 112
Capacity210 119
LocationHarwich, CO12 4HT CO12 3SU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard67.0% Stronger figure53.0% 62.0%
At higher standard8.0% Stronger figure6.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census192 112
Free school meals (ever 6)33.3% 15.2%
English as an additional language6.3% 13.4%
SEN support15.6% 16.1%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 3.6%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence13.7% 11.9% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

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