St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary in Bognor Regis, Arun | Ofsted & DfE

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

311

Pupils · 2024/25

50%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

311

Pupils · 2024/25

50%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

311

Pupils · 2024/25

50%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Closed school

This school is closed.

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 27/09/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWest Sussex

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusClosed

Overview of St Mary's Catholic Primary School · Primary · West Sussex

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

56%

+11pp

71%56%40%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 56%

RWM higher standard

+2pp

6%3%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

68%

Reading higher standard

24%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

62%

Maths higher standard

14%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

66%

SPAG higher standard

14%

Reading scaled score

104.0

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

311

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

50%

FSM eligible

11%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Glamis Street, Bognor Regis, PO21 1DJ

Local authority

West Sussex

Website

https://www.st-marys-bognor.co.uk

Telephone

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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	56%	4%	68%	24%	70%	4%	62%	14%	86%	66%	104.0	102.0	103.0	—	—	—	17%	311
2023/24	45%	2%	69%	24%	57%	4%	59%	8%	84%	65%	104.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	16%	309
2022/23	56%	0%	77%	27%	65%	4%	63%	13%	75%	73%	106.0	103.0	105.0	-0.30	-2.20	-2.30	16%	314
2018/19	40%	0%	49%	11%	53%	7%	67%	13%	73%	69%	100.0	102.0	103.0	-1.20	-0.60	+0.80	11%	299
2017/18	71%	6%	90%	19%	84%	13%	81%	13%	84%	90%	106.0	105.0	107.0	+0.80	+0.50	+0.80	7%	298
2016/17	47%	6%	71%	21%	62%	12%	65%	21%	88%	68%	103.0	103.0	104.0	+0.50	-1.10	+0.70	9%	292

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	311	20.9	17%	50%	11%	5%	11%
2023/24	309	22.0	16%	46%	12%	6%	15%
2022/23	314	21.3	16%	44%	14%	6%	13%
2021/22	310	21.4	15%	42%	12%	6%	17%
2020/21	312	22.7	16%	42%	11%	—	—
2018/19	299	21.7	11%	47%	10%	4%	10%
2017/18	298	21.6	7%	47%	10%	4%	10%
2016/17	292	21.8	9%	46%	10%	4%	10%