St Modwen's Catholic Primary School

About St Modwen's Catholic Primary School

St Modwen's Catholic Primary School sits slightly above the Staffordshire local authority average for Key Stage 2 outcomes, with 68 per cent of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 65 per cent. That three-point gap is modest but consistent, and it places the school 93rd out of 308 primary schools of the same type in the county. In the more localised East Staffordshire ranking, it comes 11th out of 23 schools, putting it just inside the top half. The school's Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it is hard to say how much value the school adds on top of pupils' starting points, but the raw attainment figures suggest a solid, above-average performance. The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 66 applications for 43 places and 40 first-preference offers, which indicates healthy local demand.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the strongest subject was reading, where 77 per cent of pupils met the expected standard and 28 per cent reached the higher standard. Maths was similar, with 77 per cent at expected and 22 per cent at higher, while writing lagged slightly at 75 per cent expected and just 13 per cent at the higher level. Only 8 per cent of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in December 2024, confirmed that standards are being maintained since its last graded inspection in November 2014, when it was rated Good overall. That 2014 inspection gave Good ratings for leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness. The previous graded inspection in 2012 had rated the school as Requires Improvement, so the trajectory has been upward and sustained.

The school has a Roman Catholic character and offers nursery provision for children from age three. Facilities include a library, sensory room, outdoor playground, playing fields, sports hall and a chapel, and the extracurricular programme covers chess, film club, art club, choir and drama, plus sports such as cricket, tennis, athletics and swimming. The Parent View survey, based on 38 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, shows strong satisfaction overall: 92 per cent of parents would recommend the school. However, the SEND question is a notable outlier — of the 26 per cent of respondents with a child receiving SEND support, 50 per cent strongly agreed that the school gives the right support, but 20 per cent strongly disagreed and 30 per cent disagreed, making this the most polarised area of feedback. The school's SEND provisions cover dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 23.4 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a more disadvantaged intake than many local primaries, which makes its above-average attainment all the more noteworthy.

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