Park Primary SchoolSacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Park Primary School and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Colne.

  • Park Primary School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Park Primary School was judged Good and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic 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 57.0% for Park Primary School and 78.0% for Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Park Primary School (47.0% in 2022-23, 57.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School (69.0% in 2022-23, 78.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Park Primary School versus Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ColnePark Primary SchoolColneSacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100B72/100Stronger figure
Local ranking152nd of 466 in Lancashire 58th of 466 in Lancashire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll327 218
Capacity420 Not reported
LocationColne, BB8 0QJ Colne, BB8 7JR
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard57.0% 78.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard4.0% 19.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census327 218
Free school meals (ever 6)49.2% 11.5%
English as an additional language7.6% 8.7%
SEN support12.2% 14.7%
SEN with an EHC plan5.5% 3.2%
Attendance
Overall absence6.0% 2.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence18.4% 3.7% 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.

Park Primary School

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School

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