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St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton
Durham Road, St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton le Spring DH5 8NF
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton is a Roman Catholic academy. It has about 210 boys and girls aged between 4 and 11. In May 2022 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The present school opened in 2019.
This school is a member of Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw, St Thomas More Primary School, Belmont, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate and St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham.)
Particular strengths include Attendance, Environment and Disadvantaged pupils. Relative weaknesses include Finances, Representation, Admissions and Progress.
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Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.
Environment: Excellent. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is roughly average.
Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress in maths is about average. Progress in reading is above average. Progress in writing is above average.
Attainment: About average. Maths, reading and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) attainment are all about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)
Progress: Below average. Progress in maths is below average, in reading it is about average and in writing it is below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)
Admissions: Below average. The occupancy rate is quite high.
Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is in balance with the local community. Show details
Finances: Poor. This is because the school budget has been in deficit
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