La Salette Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Dunedin Road
Rainham
Essex
RM13 8SP
Phone 01708555554
Reference Number 102330

La Salette Catholic Primary School continues to uphold a good standard of education, as confirmed by this recent inspection, which is the first since the COVID-19 pandemic. The school's leadership and staff foster a culture of ambition among students, who engage with the curriculum and support each other in their learning. There is a strong emphasis on behavior management, with pupils feeling safe and respected. While the school enjoys several strengths, such as a broad and ambitious curriculum and effective reading instruction, some areas still need attention, particularly in ensuring that connections between prior and new knowledge are reinforced across subjects.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 211
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.29%
Girls: 50.71%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 47.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 13 30
2 15 15 30
3 14 16 30
4 16 15 31
5 15 15 30
6 15 15 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 25.1%
White, British 20.4%
White, Other 18.5%
White & Black (African) 5.2%
Indian 4.7%
Caribbean 4.3%
Mixed, Other 3.3%
Asian, Other 2.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.9%
Chinese 0.9%
White & Asian 0.9%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 12 Jan 2022
Date Report
12 Jan 2022 School inspection
08 Nov 2016 Short inspection
09 Nov 2011 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
02 Oct 2006 Full inspection:
17 Jan 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are encouraged to be ambitious in their learning.
  • Staff create a supportive and respectful environment.
  • Pupils behave well and support each other's learning.
  • The curriculum is broad and ambitious, promoting strong knowledge retention.
  • Reading is taught effectively, with plenty of opportunities for practice.
  • Leaders provide appropriate support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupil safety.

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistencies in staff confidence in teaching the early reading programme.
  • Curriculum in some subjects does not fully support the recall of prior knowledge.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 80%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 20%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.8
Writing 0.6
Maths 3

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 0
Third Preference 21 1
From another Local Authority 4 2

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