Highcliffe St Mark Primary School
About the school
Highcliffe St Mark Primary School is an open primary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 11 June 2024
- Published
- 1 October 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
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
Requires improvement
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
- 58%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 7%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 11%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 77%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 67%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 75%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 75%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 77%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 28%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 31%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 81%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
610
Girls
49.51%
Boys
50.49%
SEN support
10.00%
Education, health and care plan
3.44%
English as an additional language
3.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
7.38%
Overall absence
5.2
Persistent absence
12.09