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Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

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

personMrs Marie Gavin

corporate_fareST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onHeywood, OL10 3PD

language Visit Website phone 1706360827

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2023

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Students

196

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Expected Standard

48%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Heywood, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 84% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is an academy sponsor led in Heywood, Rochdale, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 216 pupils on roll, of whom 48% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #50 of 55 primaries in Rochdale and #11,884 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.3:1. There is 1 teaching vacancy.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 4.7 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

48%

LA 58%

Reading69% LA 72%

Writing66% LA 68%

Maths55% LA 71%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

39%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading50% LA 70% · Eng 74%

Writing54% LA 68% · Eng 72%

Maths43% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

41%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading66% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing72% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths52% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.5

Read

LA 0.1

-2.8 to 1.9

1.9

Write

LA 0.3

-0.4 to 4.1

-1.7

Maths

LA 0.6

-3.9 to 0.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

12 September 2023

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2023-09-12

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2019-06-04

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 EIF

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Inadequate

2017-03-07

None EIF

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

5.1%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

2.3%(5 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 216 pupils. During this period, there were 11 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 5.1%, 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)	216	11	5.1%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	210	9	4.3%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	220	4	1.8%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	220	2	0.9%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	205	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	215	5	2.3%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	196	4	2.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	189	6	3.2%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	199	2	1.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	198	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	196	2	1.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	206	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	198	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	197	2	1.0%	0.4%

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 33 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 7 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Visual Impairment 2 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

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Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

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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