Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

holy-cross-catholic-primary-school-isle-of-wight-south-east

South EastRegion

Isle of WightLocal Authority

Isle of Wight WestConstituency

PO32 6ASPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Isle of Wight, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 148 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 5 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

95%

Black

<1%

Mixed

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

148

Total Pupils

43%Boys

57%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 148
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
24 Jul 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
10 Sept 2019	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.