Barton Junior SchoolSt Richard's Catholic Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Barton Junior School and St Richard's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Dover.

  • Barton Junior School scores 44 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Richard's Catholic Primary School scores 40 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Barton Junior School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Barton Junior School was judged Good and St Richard'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 66.0% for Barton Junior School and 69.0% for St Richard's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Barton Junior School (53.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Richard's Catholic Primary School (43.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Barton Junior School versus St Richard's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DoverBarton Junior SchoolDoverSt Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD44/100Stronger figureD40/100
Local ranking341st of 450 in Kent Stronger figure383rd of 450 in Kent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll216 192
Capacity240 210
LocationDover, CT16 2ND Dover, CT16 1EZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard66.0% 69.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census216 192
Free school meals (ever 6)51.9% 35.4%
English as an additional language14.8% 28.6%
SEN support15.7% 10.9%
SEN with an EHC plan2.8% 0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence6.5% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.5% 8.7% 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.

Barton Junior School

St Richard's Catholic Primary School

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