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EnglandSouth EastPortsmouthPO5 2RGSt Swithun's Catholic Primary School
Primary

St Swithun's Catholic Primary School

Primary

Portsmouth · Southsea · PO5 2RG www.sscps.co.uk

Pupils
354
cap. 351
Ages
2 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
69%
RWM expected · 2024/25
2%
RWM higher · 2024/25
354
Pupils · 2024/25
47%
EAL · 2024/25
10%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
69%
RWM expected · 2024/25
2%
RWM higher · 2024/25
354
Pupils · 2024/25
47%
EAL · 2024/25
10%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 25/09/2019

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityPortsmouth
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio24.1:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterRoman Catholic
StatusOpen

Overview of St Swithun's Catholic Primary School · Primary · Portsmouth

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard
69%
+2pp
89%75%61%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 69%
RWM higher standard
2%
0pp
18%9%0%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
76%
Reading higher standard
49%
Writing expected standard
87%
Writing higher standard
4%
Maths expected standard
76%
Maths higher standard
16%
Science expected standard
89%
SPAG expected standard
80%
SPAG higher standard
33%
Reading scaled score
107.0
Maths scaled score
104.0
GPS scaled score
106.0

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
354
Pupil : teacher ratio
24.1
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
47%
FSM eligible
16%
SEN
19%
Overall absence
4%
Persistent absence
10%

Contact

Address
Taswell Road, Southsea, PO5 2RG
Local authority
Portsmouth
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

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

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2569%2%76%49%87%4%76%16%89%80%107.0104.0106.019%354
2023/2467%2%89%33%80%4%78%30%89%91%108.0106.0110.017%357
2022/2364%0%71%33%73%2%87%33%89%87%105.0106.0110.0+0.50-0.70+1.0013%350
2018/1989%18%89%49%96%18%98%40%87%96%107.0109.0111.0+2.40+1.10+3.4012%355
2017/1861%0%84%32%84%14%68%16%86%89%107.0104.0108.0+1.90+0.20-0.6015%315
2016/1768%7%84%39%89%16%77%20%98%86%107.0105.0107.0+3.00+1.40+0.6014%311

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.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2535424.019%47%16%4%10%
2023/2435723.917%49%19%4%8%
2022/2335021.113%47%20%5%8%
2021/2233623.316%46%20%5%7%
2020/2134122.918%46%21%
2018/1935524.512%40%15%3%3%
2017/1831519.015%31%15%3%4%
2016/1731119.414%25%14%3%3%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.