Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple | School performance

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

223

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

223

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

223

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 05/06/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDevon

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple · Primary · Devon

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

50%

0pp

77%64%50%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 50%

RWM higher standard

+9pp

13%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 9%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

69%

Reading higher standard

25%

Writing expected standard

75%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

59%

Maths higher standard

13%

Science expected standard

84%

SPAG expected standard

66%

SPAG higher standard

19%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

223

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

16%

FSM eligible

33%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Chanters Hill, Barnstaple, EX32 8DN

Local authority

Devon

Website

www.ourladys.devon.sch.uk/

Telephone

01271345164

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	50%	9%	69%	25%	75%	13%	59%	13%	84%	66%	103.0	102.0	103.0	—	—	—	18%	223
2023/24	50%	0%	67%	20%	70%	0%	57%	20%	87%	57%	102.0	102.0	102.0	—	—	—	19%	242
2022/23	50%	6%	69%	13%	66%	9%	59%	13%	88%	56%	102.0	101.0	101.0	-2.40	-1.70	-3.00	20%	257
2018/19	75%	13%	78%	28%	91%	31%	88%	31%	91%	91%	105.0	106.0	110.0	-1.50	+0.40	-0.60	19%	253
2017/18	77%	3%	87%	40%	83%	3%	87%	43%	77%	80%	109.0	107.0	108.0	+4.20	-1.40	+2.80	23%	212
2016/17	79%	5%	89%	68%	79%	5%	95%	47%	84%	89%	110.0	109.0	114.0	+8.10	-0.10	+7.00	18%	199

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	223	21.6	18%	16%	33%	5%	11%
2023/24	242	23.5	19%	11%	33%	7%	18%
2022/23	257	28.6	20%	13%	32%	6%	18%
2021/22	267	31.9	16%	10%	29%	6%	16%
2020/21	248	27.4	20%	7%	25%	—	—
2018/19	253	30.1	19%	7%	24%	4%	10%
2017/18	212	24.5	23%	9%	25%	4%	5%
2016/17	199	23.4	18%	12%	26%	4%	5%