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Christ The King Catholic Primary School

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

personMrs Melanie Lord

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location_onBournemouth, BH11 9EH

language Visit Website phone 1202574277

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

375

school

Expected Standard

15%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Christ The King Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Bournemouth, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 100% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Christ The King Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of PLYMOUTH CAST. The school has approximately 333 pupils on roll, of whom 21% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 15% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #50 of 50 primaries in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and #14,005 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 26.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.8 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

15%

LA 59%

Reading63% LA 72%

Writing17% LA 70%

Maths54% LA 70%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

36%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading52% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing64% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths40% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading54% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths56% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.6

Read

LA -0.8

-5.7 to -1.5

-1.5

Write

LA -0.6

-3.6 to 0.5

-2.9

Maths

LA -0.7

-4.9 to -0.9

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 61%England 65%

Reading65% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing78% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths76% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.4

Read

LA -0.7

-4.4 to -0.3

0.2

Write

LA -0.4

-1.6 to 2.1

-0.8

Maths

LA -0.5

-2.6 to 1.0

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 59%

Reading74% LA 68%

Writing86% LA 74%

Maths74% LA 71%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2

Read

LA -1.3

-4 to 0

2.3

Write

LA -0.4

0.4 to 4.2

1.2

Maths

LA -0.9

-0.6 to 3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

07 May 2025

Inspection Report

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04 December 2019

Inspection Report

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13 June 2017

Inspection Report

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03 April 2014

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2025-05-07

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2019-12-04

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2017-06-13

S5 Inspection Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2014-02-11

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Requires improvement

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

0.9%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.6%(2 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 333 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	333	3	0.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	330	2	0.6%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	389	1	0.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	372	4	1.1%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	371	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	381	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	375	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	366	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	373	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	367	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	357	1	0.3%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	363	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	356	1	0.3%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	352	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	366	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	366	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	361	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	350	1	0.3%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	350	1	0.3%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	344	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	352	2	0.6%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	349	1	0.3%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	339	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	338	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	336	1	0.3%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	329	2	0.6%	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 35 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 7 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Profound & Multiple Learning 1 pupils

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Christ The King Catholic Primary School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Roman Catholic)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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