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St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

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

personMrs Suzanne Dickinson

corporate_fareNICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onRedcar, TS10 1LS

language Visit Website phone 1642495770

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

397

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Expected Standard

76%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Benedict's Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Redcar, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 20% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Benedict's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 395 pupils on roll, of whom 36% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #11 of 43 primaries in Redcar and Cleveland and #1,172 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

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

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.2 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

76%

LA 62%

Reading87% LA 74%

Writing78% LA 71%

Maths87% LA 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

76%

LA 62%England 61%

Reading81% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing79% LA 72% · Eng 72%

Maths81% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

51%

LA 60%England 60%

Reading58% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing73% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths69% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.0

Read

LA 0.7

-4.7 to -1.4

-0.6

Write

LA 0.4

-2.2 to 1.0

-1.7

Maths

LA 0.6

-3.3 to -0.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

84%

LA 68%England 65%

Reading93% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing89% LA 80% · Eng 78%

Maths91% LA 81% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.2

Read

LA 0.5

-0.4 to 2.9

0.8

Write

LA 0.7

-0.7 to 2.3

1.6

Maths

LA 0.7

0.2 to 3.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 67%

Reading80% LA 74%

Writing87% LA 78%

Maths74% LA 77%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.2

Read

LA 1.1

-1.4 to 1.8

Write

LA 1.4

0.5 to 3.5

-1

Maths

LA 1.7

-2.5 to 0.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

18 October 2023

Inspection Report

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16 May 2018

Inspection Report

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31 August 2015

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2018-05-16

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-11-20

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

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

1.3%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(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 395 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.3%, 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)	395	5	1.3%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	386	4	1.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	412	2	0.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	405	2	0.5%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	389	3	0.8%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	417	1	0.2%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	397	1	0.3%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	389	1	0.3%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	415	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	405	1	0.2%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	399	2	0.5%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	433	1	0.2%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	414	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	403	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	424	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	424	4	0.9%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	410	1	0.2%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	448	1	0.2%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	437	1	0.2%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	427	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	456	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	443	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	432	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	459	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	447	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	432	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 11 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 7 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 3 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils