Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolSt Richard's Catholic Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School and St Richard's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Dover.

  • Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Richard's Catholic Primary School scores 40 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School was judged the expected standard 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 35.0% for Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School and 69.0% for St Richard's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School (65.0% in 2022-23, 35.0% 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

Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School versus St Richard's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DoverDover, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolDoverSt Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD52/100Stronger figureD40/100
Local ranking249th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure383rd of 450 in Kent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll167 192
Capacity210 210
LocationDover, CT16 1QX Dover, CT16 1EZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard35.0% 69.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score100.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score98.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census167 192
Free school meals (ever 6)60.5% 35.4%
English as an additional language43.7% 28.6%
SEN support18.0% 10.9%
SEN with an EHC plan1.2% 0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence8.9% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence30.8% 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.

Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

St Richard's Catholic Primary School

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