St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary SchoolBrixham Church of England Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School and Brixham Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Brixham.

  • St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Brixham Church of England Primary School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Brixham Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School was judged Good and Brixham Church of England 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 0.0% for St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School and 58.0% for Brixham Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Brixham Church of England Primary School (69.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School versus Brixham Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BrixhamSt Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary SchoolBrixhamBrixham Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100B72/100Stronger figure
Local ranking10th of 31 in Torbay 3rd of 31 in Torbay Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll59 216
Capacity180 252
LocationBrixham, TQ5 0EE Brixham, TQ5 9HF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard0.0% 58.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 6.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 104.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score98.0 102.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census59 216
Free school meals (ever 6)44.1% 26.4%
English as an additional language1.7% 3.7%
SEN support18.6% 11.1%
SEN with an EHC plan3.4% 5.1%
Attendance
Overall absence10.4% 5.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence29.5% 15.7% 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.

St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School

Brixham Church of England Primary School

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