Mablins Lane Community Primary SchoolLeighton Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Mablins Lane Community Primary School and Leighton Academy are primary schools in Crewe.

  • Mablins Lane Community Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Leighton Academy scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Leighton Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Mablins Lane Community Primary School was judged the expected standard and Leighton Academy 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 54.0% for Mablins Lane Community Primary School and 63.0% for Leighton Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Mablins Lane Community Primary School (55.0% in 2022-23, 54.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Leighton Academy (53.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Mablins Lane Community Primary School versus Leighton Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CreweMablins Lane Community Primary SchoolCreweLeighton AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100B72/100Stronger figure
Local ranking90th of 116 in Cheshire East 19th of 116 in Cheshire East Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll603 457
Capacity630 480
LocationCrewe, CW1 3YR Crewe, CW1 3PP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard54.0% 63.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard1.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census603 457
Free school meals (ever 6)19.6% 21.7%
English as an additional language11.6% 23.6%
SEN support22.7% 17.5%
SEN with an EHC plan4.6% 5.0%
Attendance
Overall absence6.0% Stronger figure6.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence15.0% 14.0% 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.

Mablins Lane Community Primary School

Leighton Academy

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