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St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Veronica Woodward

location_onBournemouth, BH9 3BY

language Visit Website phone 1202528811

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2020

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Students

419

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Expected Standard

98%

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Demand Ratio

1.1x

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St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Bournemouth, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.1×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 1% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 420 pupils on roll, of whom 9% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 98% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 45% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #12 of 50 primaries in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and #3,111 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2020. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.1× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

98%

LA 59%

Reading98% LA 72%

Writing100% LA 70%

Maths98% LA 70%

Read SS

113

Maths SS

114

GPS SS

112

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

90%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading90% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing97% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths98% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

111

GPS SS

111

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

92%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading95% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing98% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths97% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

110

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.7

Read

LA -0.8

1.1 to 4.3

4.7

Write

LA -0.6

3.2 to 6.3

4.8

Maths

LA -0.7

3.3 to 6.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

86%

LA 61%England 65%

Reading90% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing98% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths95% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.0

Read

LA -0.7

-1.3 to 1.2

2.0

Write

LA -0.4

0.8 to 3.2

0.6

Maths

LA -0.5

-0.5 to 1.7

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 59%

Reading80% LA 68%

Writing95% LA 74%

Maths85% LA 71%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA -1.3

-1.5 to 1.5

3.5

Write

LA -0.4

2 to 5

0.9

Maths

LA -0.9

-0.5 to 2.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

07 January 2025

Inspection Report

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15 January 2020

Inspection Report

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12 November 2008

Inspection Report

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13 September 2004

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2020-01-15

Exempt School Inspection EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Good

2008-11-12

Section 5 RTI Historic EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 420 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	420	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	421	1	0.2%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	418	1	0.2%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	417	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	416	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	421	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	419	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	419	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	420	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	420	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	417	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	420	3	0.7%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	419	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	419	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	450	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	450	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	450	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	481	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	481	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	479	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	481	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	480	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	478	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	476	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	479	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	480	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 16 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 9 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 1 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils