St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School | School performance

29%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

29%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

29%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 13/06/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityTorbay

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio15.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School · Primary · Torbay

Part ofPLYMOUTH CAST

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

29%

81%48%15%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 29%

RWM higher standard

7%4%0%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

57%

Reading higher standard

29%

Writing expected standard

71%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

36%

Maths higher standard

14%

Science expected standard

71%

SPAG expected standard

57%

SPAG higher standard

21%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

98.0

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

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

44%

SEN

22%

Overall absence

10%

Persistent absence

30%

Contact

Address

Polhearne Way, Brixham, TQ5 0EE

Local authority

Torbay

Website

www.margaret-clitherow-primary.torbay.sch.uk/

Telephone

01803851647

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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	29%	0%	57%	29%	71%	0%	36%	14%	71%	57%	103.0	98.0	103.0	—	—	—	22%	59
2023/24	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	—	—	—	26%	54
2022/23	81%	7%	89%	52%	85%	19%	81%	7%	89%	89%	110.0	102.0	108.0	+5.50	+3.30	-1.40	28%	65
2018/19	59%	6%	76%	24%	65%	12%	71%	6%	71%	65%	106.0	103.0	105.0	-0.30	-3.90	-4.20	21%	105
2017/18	36%	5%	68%	18%	59%	9%	45%	9%	73%	59%	102.0	99.0	100.0	-2.40	-4.40	-4.30	18%	117
2016/17	15%	0%	54%	23%	15%	0%	54%	15%	69%	77%	106.0	101.0	103.0	-3.00	-11.60	-5.50	18%	145

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	59	19.0	22%	2%	44%	10%	30%
2023/24	54	15.4	26%	0%	33%	13%	38%
2022/23	65	20.8	28%	2%	29%	7%	22%
2021/22	69	20.8	35%	1%	36%	7%	18%
2020/21	73	17.0	30%	0%	32%	—	—
2018/19	105	17.6	21%	1%	30%	4%	6%
2017/18	117	17.7	18%	0%	30%	4%	8%
2016/17	145	20.1	18%	0%	21%	5%	12%