St Modwen's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Tutbury Road
Burton-on-Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 0AJ
Phone 01283247560
Reference Number 124326

St Modwen’s Catholic Primary School continues to maintain effective educational standards since its last inspection, characterized by a welcoming and friendly environment. The school emphasizes an ambitious mission for its pupils, effectively teaching core subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics. Students are motivated and demonstrate strong behavioral standards, contributing positively to their community through various leadership roles and activities. However, there are concerns regarding the delivery of the curriculum in some subjects, which affects levels of knowledge retention, and the support provided to pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), which needs enhancement for better outcomes.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 368
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.28%
Girls: 52.72%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 23.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 50.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 33 49
2 25 21 46
3 20 24 44
4 29 32 61
5 31 29 60
6 27 33 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 38.3%
White, Other 32.3%
Indian 6.5%
African 4.9%
Asian, Other 4.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.8%
White & Asian 2.7%
White & Black (African) 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 10 Dec 2024
Date Report
10 Dec 2024 School inspection
05 Feb 2019 Short inspection
05 Nov 2014 Full inspection:
18 Mar 2013 Monitoring visit
20 Nov 2012 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
30 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
16 Jun 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Positive school environment that is welcoming and friendly.
  • High expectations for pupil behavior, leading to polite and respectful students.
  • Strong emphasis on music education, offering various instrumental lessons.
  • Effective teaching of reading, ensuring most pupils read fluently by the end of Year 2.
  • Regular opportunities for pupils to engage in community service and leadership activities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum in a few subjects does not build knowledge effectively over time.
  • Support for some pupils with SEND is not working well and affects their learning.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 65%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

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 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 2.5
Writing 0.1
Maths 2.3

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 3
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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