Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Swindon, SN3 1AR
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Drove Primary School
Drove Road, Swindon, SN1 3AH
Local ranking24th of 65 primary schools in Swindon
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 11.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 85
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 731
- Boys
- 366 (50%)
- Girls
- 365 (50%)
- Capacity
- 630 (116% full)
- SEND
- 8.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.2%
- EAL
- 81.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 6.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 27.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £4,838/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Indian: 56.1%
- Asian Other: 8.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 6.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.9%
- Black African: 5.9%
- Other: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.1%
- White Other: 3.3%
56.1%
Asian Indian
8.6%
Asian Other
6.3%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Drove Road
Swindon, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 138309
- UKPRN
- 10037762
- Establishment No.
- 2002
- Trust
- THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION
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