# St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Tameside, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 220 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E151036. [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 220
- Council: Tameside
- URN: 151036

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, November 2022
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 3 November 2022
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 57% of pupils at St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Tameside and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Tameside | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Godley Community Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/godley-community-primary-academy-e142704): 550 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakfield-primary-and-moderate-learning-difficulties-resource-provision-e142717): 680 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bradley Green Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bradley-green-primary-academy-e143376): 860 m. Primary. Improved significantly, December 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Flowery Field Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/flowery-field-primary-school-e142701): 910 m. Primary. Some aspects not as strong, November 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Endeavour Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/endeavour-primary-academy-e143495): 1 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Arnfield Independent School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/arnfield-independent-school-e135187): 1.1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/151036)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/151036)

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