Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
About the school
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is an open primary school in Isle of Wight.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 20 January 2026
- Published
- 5 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 35%
- Isle of Wight
- 51%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Isle of Wight
- 4%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 65%
- Isle of Wight
- 67%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 61%
- Isle of Wight
- 65%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 58%
- Isle of Wight
- 64%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 55%
- Isle of Wight
- 62%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 10%
- Isle of Wight
- 15%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 87%
- Isle of Wight
- 78%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Isle of Wight
- 103
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Isle of Wight
- 102
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Isle of Wight
- 103
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
148
Girls
56.76%
Boys
43.24%
SEN support
10.14%
Education, health and care plan
1.35%
English as an additional language
0.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
16.22%
Overall absence
4.29
Persistent absence
11.81