Sabden Primary SchoolSt Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Sabden Primary School and St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden are primary schools.

Sabden Primary School scores 45 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden scores 37 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Sabden Primary School is ahead on our composite score.
Sabden Primary School was judged the expected standard and St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden 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 50.0% for Sabden Primary School and 43.0% for St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Sabden Primary School (57.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden (43.0% in 2022-23, 43.0% in 2024-25).

Sabden Primary School versus St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	SabdenSabden Primary School	ClitheroeSt Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden	England average
Overview
Our score	D45/100Stronger figure	F37/100
Local ranking	347th of 466 in Lancashire Stronger figure	404th of 466 in Lancashire
Inspection	Ofsted: Expected	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Voluntary aided school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	98	68
Capacity	105	90
Location	Sabden, BB7 9DZ	Clitheroe, BB7 9ED
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	50.0% Stronger figure	43.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	17.0% Stronger figure	0.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	107.0 Stronger figure	103.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	104.0 Stronger figure	97.0	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	98	68
Free school meals (ever 6)	10.9%	27.9%
English as an additional language	7.1%	0.0%
SEN support	14.3%	14.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	0.0%	5.9%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.4% Stronger figure	5.0%	6.2%
Persistent absence	1.3% Stronger figure	10.3%	15.8%

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.