St Catherine's Roman Catholic School

State-Funded School

st-catherines-roman-catholic-school-dorset-south-west

South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

West DorsetConstituency

DT6 3TRPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Catherine's Roman Catholic School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Dorset, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 100 pupils. St Catherine's Roman Catholic School is part of PLYMOUTH CAST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 1 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Pupils

100

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 100
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: PLYMOUTH CAST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
19 Sept 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
8 Jul 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.