Drove Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Swindon, SN1 3AH
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Queens Drive, Swindon, SN3 1AR
Local ranking43rd of 63 primary schools in Swindon
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 48.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 52.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 391
- Boys
- 183 (49%)
- Girls
- 188 (51%)
- Capacity
- 420 (88% full)
- SEND
- 8.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.3%
- EAL
- 74.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 5.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,921/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 64.7%
- Black African: 12.8%
- White British: 7.4%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
64.7%
Asian Indian
12.8%
Black African
7.4%
White British
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Queens Drive
Swindon, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136981
- UKPRN
- 10034640
- Establishment No.
- 5211
- Trust
- HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
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