Primary
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Millfield Avenue, East Cowes, PO32 6AS
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 148 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Portsmouth (rc)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 9.4
- Pupils per adult
- 15.8
- Pupils
- 149
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
June 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
July 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
35%
16 points below the Isle of Wight average (51% across 35 schools)
102.0
1.4 below the Isle of Wight average (103.4 across 35 schools)
32nd of 35 by our score, among the primary schools in Isle of Wight we can score - 37 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 99 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 35% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 29% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
Millfield Avenue, East Cowes, PO32 6AS
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Isle of Wight admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lucie Banks
- Address
- Millfield Avenue, East Cowes, PO32 6AS
- Telephone
- 01983292885