St Katharine's Church of England Primary SchoolThe Priory Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St Katharine's Church of England Primary School and The Priory Church of England Primary School are primary schools.

  • St Katharine's Church of England Primary School scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and The Priory Church of England Primary School scores 44 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Katharine's Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Katharine's Church of England Primary School was judged Outstanding and The Priory Church of England Primary School was judged in need of attention.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 78.0% for St Katharine's Church of England Primary School and 62.0% for The Priory Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Katharine's Church of England Primary School (84.0% in 2022-23, 78.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Priory Church of England Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 62.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Katharine's Church of England Primary School versus The Priory Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BournemouthSt Katharine's Church of England Primary SchoolChristchurchThe Priory Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB80/100Stronger figureD44/100
Local ranking2nd of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Stronger figure43rd of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Needs attention
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll436 203
Capacity436 210
LocationBournemouth, BH6 4NA Christchurch, BH23 1HX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard78.0% Stronger figure62.0% 62.0%
At higher standard11.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census436 203
Free school meals (ever 6)5.5% 10.3%
English as an additional language7.8% 3.4%
SEN support11.7% 16.8%
SEN with an EHC plan4.4% 4.9%
Attendance
Overall absence3.9% Stronger figure6.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence4.5% Stronger figure12.8% 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.

St Katharine's Church of England Primary School

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