Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolSt Alban's Catholic Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and St Alban's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Warrington.

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Alban's Catholic Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average). Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School was judged Outstanding and St Alban's 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 42.0% for Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and 48.0% for St Alban's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (78.0% in 2022-23, 42.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Alban's Catholic Primary School (63.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School versus St Alban's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WarringtonSacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolWarringtonSt Alban's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB73/100Stronger figureC65/100
Local ranking12th of 61 in Warrington Stronger figure23rd of 61 in Warrington
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll194 200
Capacity209 240
LocationWarrington, WA5 1NS Warrington, WA5 0JS
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard42.0% 48.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard6.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census194 200
Free school meals (ever 6)22.7% 26.9%
English as an additional language52.6% 60.0%
SEN support21.6% 14.0%
SEN with an EHC plan8.3% 2.0%
Attendance
Overall absence4.1% Stronger figure5.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.8% Stronger figure11.4% 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.

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

St Alban's Catholic Primary School

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