St Catharine's Catholic Primary School
Lower High Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6DZ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by St Catharine's Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Welch
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Constituency
- The Cotswolds
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 118
- URN
- 115705
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
About this school
St Catharine's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Chipping Campden. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 118 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Catharine's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.40 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Catharine's Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How St Catharine's Catholic Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.9% | 11% | 118 | — |
| St Catharine's Catholic Primary School | 70% | 4.9% | 11% | 114 | 0.0 miles |
| St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary School | 59% | 6.9% | 19.6% | 149 | 0.2 miles |
| Blockley Church of England Primary School | 74% | 3.8% | 13.2% | 148 | 2.6 miles |
| Willersey Church of England Primary School | 0% | 6.1% | 38.3% | 45 | 2.7 miles |
| Mickleton Primary School | 65% | 5.1% | 20.4% | 203 | 3.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11%
- English as an additional language
- 7.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 5.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Catharine's Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Chipping Campden
-
St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Chipping Campden
-
Blockley Church of England Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Moreton-in-Marsh
-
Willersey Church of England Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Broadway
-
Mickleton Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Chipping Campden
Other schools in Chipping Campden
- Mickleton Primary School Primary
- St Catharine's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chipping Campden School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does St Catharine's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Catharine's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Chipping Campden.
- Has St Catharine's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Catharine's Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at St Catharine's Catholic Primary School?
- St Catharine's Catholic Primary School had 118 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have St Catharine's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Catharine's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Catharine's Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.