Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. Pupils enjoy their time at school, feeling safe and engaged in their learning. The school promotes strong values such as understanding, kindness, and respect, which are evident in the positive behavior and relationships among pupils and staff. The curriculum is ambitious, and teachers implement many of the plans effectively, resulting in good achievement for the pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Despite these strengths, the school is in a phase of adjustment following recent changes, which has led to some concerns from parents regarding communication with school leadership.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and feel safe at school.
• Strong values of understanding, kindness, and respect are evident.
• Ambitious curriculum with effective implementation in many areas.
• Good support for pupils with SEND.
• Engaging reading programs that build confident readers.
• Proactive approach to behavior management and personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Implementation of curriculum plans in some subjects is inconsistent.
• Some parents feel communication with the school is not effective enough.

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 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School had 25.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.8% 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, 13.6% of pupils at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 2024–25 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School received £6,270 and spent £6,409 for each of its 463 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £70,000 (£151 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Assisi Catholic Trust, income was £7,052 and spending £7,168 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Leigh-On-Sea · Southend-on-Sea local authority: places and applications

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is part of Assisi Catholic Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• St Thomas More High School Westcliff-On-Sea
• St Helen's Catholic Primary School Westcliff-On-Sea
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Southend-On-Sea
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Rochford
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Canvey Island
• Holy Family Catholic Primary School Benfleet
• Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School Rayleigh
• St George's Catholic Primary School Southend-On-Sea

What is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School have?

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School has 464 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School cover?

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School?

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is at Manchester Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 3HS.