St Ursula's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Straight Road
Romford
Essex
RM3 7JS
Phone 01708345200
Reference Number 102332

St Ursula's Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, achieving good ratings in key areas except for outstanding behaviour and personal development. The school's welcoming community fosters strong relationships, ensuring pupils feel safe and motivated. The leadership team has worked diligently since the school's amalgamation to create a cohesive environment, although recent curriculum improvements have highlighted some inconsistencies in support for lower-attaining pupils and those with special educational needs. There is a clear ambition to provide a curriculum that exceeds national expectations, but further attention is required in some subject areas and assessment practices.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 439
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.76%
Girls: 46.24%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 44.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 31 25 56
2 35 24 59
3 32 25 57
4 31 29 60
5 30 25 55
6 26 33 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 21.9%
White, Other 21%
White, British 15.3%
Caribbean 6.6%
Indian 4.3%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
Asian, Other 3.4%
Unclassified 2.3%
Irish 1.8%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
Pakistani 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
White & Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 18 Jul 2023
Date Report
18 Jul 2023 School inspection:
02 Feb 2017 Full inspection:
07 Feb 2012 Full inspection:
15 Oct 2008 Full inspection:
23 May 2005 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Welcoming community with warm and respectful relationships
  • Outstanding behaviour and attitudes from pupils
  • Exceptional personal development provision
  • Broad and well-sequenced curriculum in core subjects
  • Strong leadership and management committed to school improvement
  • Effective safeguarding arrangements ensuring pupil safety

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistent support for lower-attaining pupils and those with SEND
  • Assessment practices not consistently addressing misconceptions
  • Some subjects at an earlier stage of curriculum development

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 63%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 17%

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 105
Maths 105

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
Writing 2.4
Maths 2.1

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 24 2
Third Preference 10 0
From another Local Authority 3 1

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