St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

St Ignatius Catholic Primary School demonstrates a strong overall performance, excelling particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics, where pupils' attainment is significantly above national averages. The school has an ambitious and interesting curriculum and promotes a positive culture conducive to pupils' learning and wellbeing. Notably, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported and make positive progress. However, there are areas of inconsistency. Leaders are aware that pupils do not always achieve as highly in the wider curriculum as they do in core subjects, and handwriting skills are highlighted as an area needing improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and many perform highly at the end of key stage 2.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Positive and inclusive school culture where pupils feel safe and secure.
• Effective behavior management resulting in very good pupil behavior.
• Ambitious curriculum that engages pupils from early years onwards.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent achievement across the wider curriculum.
• Handwriting skills need improvement.

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 St Ignatius Catholic Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 1.2% of pupils at St Ignatius Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 St Ignatius Catholic Primary School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.9% 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, 10.2% of pupils at St Ignatius Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 St Ignatius Catholic Primary School received £6,420 and spent £6,123 for each of its 413 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £353,000 (£855 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Ascension Catholic Academy Trust, income was £7,998 and spending £7,647 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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St Ignatius Catholic Primary School is part of Ascension Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• St Paul's Catholic College Sunbury-On-Thames
• St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery Ashford
• Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School Staines
• St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School London
• St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School London

What is St Ignatius Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Ignatius Catholic Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was St Ignatius Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Ignatius Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does St Ignatius Catholic Primary School have?

St Ignatius Catholic Primary School has 410 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Ignatius Catholic Primary School cover?

St Ignatius Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Ignatius Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Ignatius Catholic Primary School?

St Ignatius Catholic Primary School is at Green Street, Sunbury on Thames, Surrey, TW16 6QG.