Highcliffe St Mark Primary School
Greenways, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5AZ
Headteacher: Mrs Claire BarkerSchool website ↗Pupils: 610 (capacity: 654)Part of Christchurch Learning Partnership and Church of England
Ofsted Requires Improvement
Inspected June 2024
Oversubscribed
89% of first-choice applicants offered a place
58%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Requires Improvement
Inspected June 2024
89%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 11 June 2024Full report ↗
Requires Improvement
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Quality of Teaching
Requires Improvement
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Requires Improvement
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, 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.
58.0%
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%.
7.0%
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 78%·Writing 67%·Maths 75%→All three 58%
Reading
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Writing
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Maths
0%
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75%
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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?
- 90
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 98
- How many got their first choice?
- 87of 98 (88.8%)
- How many applied in total?
- 151
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
15.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
6.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN 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).
16.0%
Boys and girls
50%girls·50%boys
302 girls, 308 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↓ Peaked at 70% (2018/19), currently 58%
* 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
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 48.0% | 3.0% | -0.2 | -3.1 | -0.7 |
| 2016/17 | 61.0% | 16.0% | +0.3 | -1.3 | -1.2 |
| 2017/18 | 66.0% | 6.0% | +1.8 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
| 2018/19 | 70.0% | 6.0% | -0.6 | -1.9 | 0.0 |
| 2022/23 | 45.0% | 2.0% | -2.0 | -2.3 | -2.6 |
| 2023/24 | 67.0% | 11.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 58.0% | 7.0% | - | - | - |