St Martin's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Pendennis Avenue
Caversham Park Village
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 6SS
Phone 01189375544
Reference Number 110038

Description

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St Martin's Catholic Primary School, located at Pendennis Avenue, Caversham Park Village, Reading, RG4 6SS, is a voluntary aided school established as a Catholic primary institution. It opened with a current status and does not have a history of conversion to an academy status. In its most recent Ofsted inspection, St Martin's Catholic Primary School was rated as Good, with specific accolades for the school's quality of teaching being "Good" and its leadership and management being "Outstanding".

The school's attainment figures show that in 2019, 73% of students reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths. Students at St Martin's Catholic Primary School also made above-average progress in reading when compared to the national average, with an average progress score in reading being 0.1 higher than the national average. The attendance at the school was 96.1% in the 2017/18 school year, with students missing an average of 3.9% of half-day sessions.

As of 2019, the pupil-to-teacher ratio was 8.5:1, with the school having a total of 7.4 full-time equivalent teachers and 8.1 full-time equivalent teaching assistants. The mean gross salary of all teachers in 2018/19 was not explicitly noted in the provided data. St Martin's Catholic Primary School has a history of strong academic performance and is considered a well-managed and high-quality educational institution.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 135
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.85%
Girls: 48.15%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
1 17
2 16
3 20
4 22
5 18
6 27

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-01-14
Date Description Report
2021-11-16 School inspection School inspection
2016-11-15 Short inspection Short inspection
2012-03-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2006-10-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-11-13 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 74% Upgrade Upgrade
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11% Upgrade Upgrade

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 111 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 111 Upgrade Upgrade

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 4.4 Upgrade Upgrade
Writing -2.9 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 5.2 Upgrade Upgrade

How many students meet the standards

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.

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.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 7 0
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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