St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt. Walburga's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 420 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 8 January 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 98% of pupils at St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 62% in England.
45% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 98% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 45% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 113 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 114 | 105 | 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
In a straight line- Queen's Park AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Bournemouth SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 71.2 (2025/26, provisional)470 m
- Queen's Park Infant AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024520 m
- Bournemouth School for GirlsSecondary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 72.0 (2025/26, provisional)860 m
- St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Moordown St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).