Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good Mar 4 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 2 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Devon
- Unique reference
- 140739
- Address
- Chanters Hill, EX32 8DN
- Website
- www.ourladys.devon.sch.uk/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 223 (96% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 45.7%
- Girls
- 54.3%
- First language not English
- 16.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 31.4%
- Persistent absence
- 10.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 14.8%
White British 72.6%
Indian 6.3%
African 6.3%
Other White 5.8%
Other 5.4%
Mixed 1.3%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage-2.4
WritingAverage-1.7
MathsBelow average-3
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 50%
Local authority average 57%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 0%
Local authority average 6%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 102
Local authority average 106
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 102
Local authority average 104
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 15
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 15
- 2nd preference
- 3
- 3rd preference
- 3
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 15
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 27.9 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 26.7 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 28.8 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 8 2 6 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 20 10 10 |
| Reception, Full-time | 24 13 11 |
| Year 1 | 27 16 11 |
| Year 2 | 29 15 14 |
| Year 3 | 27 14 13 |
| Year 4 | 27 9 18 |
| Year 5 | 29 14 15 |
| Year 6 | 32 9 23 |