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Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Seabridge Lane, Clayton, Seabridge Lane, Newcastle ST5 4AG · ourlady-st-werburghs.staffs.sch.uk · 01782 973888
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 228
- 18 over 210 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5.8%
- First language not English
- 12.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 43 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 31 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 74% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124367)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124367), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124367)
Oct 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124367)
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 45
- 21% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 16% who had a child bullied