Castle View Primary SchoolMoorfield Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Castle View Primary School and Moorfield Primary School are primary schools.

  • Castle View Primary School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Moorfield Primary School scores 78 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Moorfield Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Castle View Primary School was judged Good and Moorfield Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 83.0% for Castle View Primary School and 94.0% for Moorfield Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Castle View Primary School (95.0% in 2022-23, 83.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Moorfield Primary School (87.0% in 2022-23, 94.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Castle View Primary School versus Moorfield Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RuncornCastle View Primary SchoolWidnesMoorfield Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB76/100B78/100Stronger figure
Local ranking2nd of 48 in Halton 1st of 48 in Halton Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll182 242
Capacity140 315
LocationRuncorn, WA7 2DZ Widnes, WA8 3HJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard83.0% 94.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard30.0% Stronger figure12.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score111.0 Stronger figure110.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census182 242
Free school meals (ever 6)53.9% 15.3%
English as an additional language11.0% 6.6%
SEN support12.1% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.3% 1.2%
Attendance
Overall absence6.2% 3.5% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence19.3% 6.0% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Castle View Primary School

Moorfield Primary School

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