Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSt Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery are primary schools.

  • Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School was judged Good and St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery 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 65.0% for Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and 67.0% for St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (68.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery (69.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School versus St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure PrestonKirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSt Michael's-on-Wyre, PrestonSt Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & NurseryEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureC68/100
Local ranking67th of 466 in Lancashire Stronger figure89th of 466 in Lancashire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll165 109
Capacity147 142
LocationPreston, PR3 0HS St Michael's-on-Wyre, Preston, PR3 0UA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard65.0% 67.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 11.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census165 109
Free school meals (ever 6)6.1% 10.1%
English as an additional language0.0% 0.0%
SEN support11.5% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan0.6% 1.8%
Attendance
Overall absence3.8% 3.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence5.8% 5.3% 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.

Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery

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