Catherine Junior School

Catherine Junior School displays a strong overall performance, maintaining a good quality of education since its previous inspection in 2018. The school's positive and inclusive environment fosters strong relationships among students and staff, contributing to good behavior and effective pastoral care. With an ambitious curriculum emphasizing oracy and support for English language learners, the school is dedicated to nurturing its students' academic and personal growth.

Strengths

• Strong pastoral care and positive relationships among pupils and staff.
• Ambitious curriculum with a focus on oracy and key subjects.
• Effective support for pupils speaking English as an additional language.
• High expectations for behavior and well-established routines.
• Comprehensive personal, social, health, and economic education curriculum.
• Positive community ethos that celebrates diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Not all aspects of assessment are fully developed in all subjects.
• Curriculum implementation is not fully embedded, affecting some pupils' learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Catherine Junior School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Catherine Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Catherine Junior School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.1% of pupils at Catherine Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Catherine Junior School received £6,775 and spent £6,597 for each of its 454 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £653,000 (£1,438 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Catherine Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Catherine Junior School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Catherine Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Catherine Junior School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Catherine Junior School have?

Catherine Junior School has 454 pupils on roll.

What age range does Catherine Junior School cover?

Catherine Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Catherine Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Catherine Junior School?

Catherine Junior School is at Brandon Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 6AZ.