St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell

Bracknell Forest · RG12 7RD

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 233 pupils, 9.3% FSM

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St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell

General Information

Address: Pembroke, Hanworth, Bracknell, RG12 7RD – View on map
Phone: 01344424030
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Anne Mulholland
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 93% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

233 pupils out of 210 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
% eligible for free school meals: 9.3%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bracknell Forest average)
English as an additional language: 53% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 13.5% a year (Bracknell Forest 15.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Bracknell Forest: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 2 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Bracknell Forest, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 3.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 3.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 22 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 66% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Bracknell Forest average (62%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 57%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
Based on: 32 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolBracknell Forest averageEngland↗ Improving Up 16 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 4 percentage points above the Bracknell Forest average (62%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 11th of 26 junior and primary schools in the area

=8Jennett's Park CofE Primary School69%
#10New Scotland Hill Primary School67%
=11St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell66%
=11Whitegrove Primary School66%
#13Ascot Heath Primary School64%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell90%
=1St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Sandhurst90%
#3Crowthorne Church of England Primary School87%
#4Great Hollands Primary School81%
#5Uplands Primary School and Nursery77%
#6Warfield Church of England Primary School73%
#7Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School70%
=8Binfield Church of England Primary School69%
=8Jennett's Park CofE Primary School69%
#10New Scotland Hill Primary School67%
=11St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell66%
=11Whitegrove Primary School66%
#13Ascot Heath Primary School64%
#14Crown Wood Primary School63%
#15College Town Primary School61%
#16Fox Hill Primary School59%
=17King's Academy Oakwood57%
=17Wildmoor Heath School57%
=19Cranbourne Primary School56%
=19Wildridings Primary School56%
#21Sandy Lane Primary School52%
#22Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery49%
=23Holly Spring Primary School48%
=23St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School48%
=23The Pines School48%
#26Harmans Water Primary School35%

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13th of 19 primary schools in Bracknell Forest for Ofsted rating

#11Owlsmoor Primary SchoolGood
#12St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BracknellGood
#13St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, BracknellGood
#14St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
#15The Pines SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Cranbourne Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2King's Academy OakwoodOutstanding
#3Ascot Heath Primary SchoolGood
#4Binfield Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5Birch Hill Primary School and NurseryGood
#6College Town Primary SchoolGood
#7Fox Hill Primary SchoolGood
#8Holly Spring Primary SchoolGood
#9King's Academy Meadow ValeGood
#10New Scotland Hill Primary SchoolGood
#11Owlsmoor Primary SchoolGood
#12St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BracknellGood
#13St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, BracknellGood
#14St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
#15The Pines SchoolGood
#16Uplands Primary School and NurseryGood
#17Warfield Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18Whitegrove Primary SchoolGood
#19Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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