Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolSt Mary's Catholic Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School and St Mary's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in York.

  • Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School scores 40 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Mary's Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School was judged the expected standard and St Mary'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 46.0% for Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School and 60.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School (45.0% in 2022-23, 46.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School (100.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School versus St Mary's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure YorkMount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolYorkSt Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD40/100B72/100Stronger figure
Local ranking96th of 121 in East Riding of Yorkshire 5th of 121 in East Riding of Yorkshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll296 106
Capacity330 105
LocationYork, YO43 3BY York, YO43 3DB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard46.0% 60.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 20.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census296 106
Free school meals (ever 6)20.3% 12.8%
English as an additional language3.7% 7.5%
SEN support12.8% 14.2%
SEN with an EHC plan2.7% 5.7%
Attendance
Overall absence3.8% Stronger figure5.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.0% Stronger figure9.5% 15.8%

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.

Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School

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