Britannia Community Primary SchoolSt Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bacup.

Summary of the comparison

Britannia Community Primary School and St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Bacup.

  • Britannia Community Primary School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School scores 26 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Britannia Community Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Britannia Community Primary School was judged the expected standard and St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School was judged in need of attention.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 66.0% for Britannia Community Primary School and 15.0% for St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Britannia Community Primary School (55.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School (32.0% in 2022-23, 15.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Britannia Community Primary School versus St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BacupBritannia Community Primary SchoolBacupSt Mary's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100Stronger figureF26/100
Local ranking223rd of 466 in Lancashire Stronger figure452nd of 466 in Lancashire
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedStronger figureOfsted: Needs attention
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll209 140
Capacity225 210
LocationBacup, OL13 9TS Bacup, OL13 9LJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard66.0% Stronger figure15.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure99.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure96.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census209 140
Free school meals (ever 6)12.4% 76.2%
English as an additional language1.0% 12.1%
SEN support13.9% 25.0%
SEN with an EHC plan3.4% 6.4%
Attendance
Overall absence3.4% Stronger figure7.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence3.3% Stronger figure25.4% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Britannia Community Primary School

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School

Full profiles: Britannia Community Primary School · St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School