St Jude's CofE Primary School

PortsmouthVoluntary controlled school

St Nicholas Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2NZ

Headteacher: Miss Colette PidgeonSchool website ↗Pupils: 411 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
84% of first-choice applicants offered a place
53%
Reading, Writing & Maths
84%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
53.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
2.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 70%·Writing 68%·Maths 62%All three 53%
Reading
Expected70%
Exceeding30%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected68%
Exceeding3%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected62%
Exceeding25%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
70
How many got their first choice?
59of 70 (84.3%)
How many applied in total?
132

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
40.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
47.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
10.0%
Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
196 girls, 215 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 75% (2018/19), currently 53%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1646.0%2.0%-1.6+1.5-1.0
2016/1764.0%9.0%+0.1-0.5-1.9
2017/1873.0%17.0%+0.8-0.9+0.9
2018/1975.0%16.0%+1.8+0.2+2.7
2022/2362.0%11.0%-0.7-0.4-0.4
2023/2462.0%2.0%---
2024/2553.0%2.0%---
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