Primrose Lane Primary SchoolSt Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa

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

Summary of the comparison

Primrose Lane Primary School and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa are primary schools in Wetherby.

  • Primrose Lane Primary School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa is ahead on our composite score.

  • Primrose Lane Primary School was judged Requires improvement and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa 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 59.0% for Primrose Lane Primary School and 82.0% for St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Primrose Lane Primary School (74.0% in 2022-23, 59.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa (95.0% in 2022-23, 82.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Primrose Lane Primary School versus St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WetherbyPrimrose Lane Primary SchoolWetherbySt Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston SpaEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100B81/100Stronger figure
Local ranking129th of 214 in Leeds 8th of 214 in Leeds Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: GoodStronger figure
School typeFoundation school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll194 191
Capacity260 199
LocationWetherby, LS23 6DX Wetherby, LS23 6DX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard59.0% 82.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard21.0% 27.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census194 191
Free school meals (ever 6)12.9% 1.6%
English as an additional language1.5% 2.1%
SEN support16.0% 11.5%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence4.6% 2.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence11.6% 2.5% 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.

Primrose Lane Primary School

St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa

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