Sacred Heart Primary SchoolArchibald Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Sacred Heart Primary School and Archibald Primary School are primary schools in Middlesbrough.

  • Sacred Heart Primary School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Archibald Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Sacred Heart Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Sacred Heart Primary School was judged Good and Archibald 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 49.0% for Sacred Heart Primary School and 73.0% for Archibald Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Sacred Heart Primary School (65.0% in 2022-23, 49.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Archibald Primary School (72.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Sacred Heart Primary School versus Archibald Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MiddlesbroughSacred Heart Primary SchoolMiddlesbroughArchibald Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureC62/100
Local ranking8th of 41 in Middlesbrough Stronger figure17th of 41 in Middlesbrough
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll329 493
Capacity280 420
LocationMiddlesbrough, TS1 4NP Middlesbrough, TS5 4DY
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard49.0% 73.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 8.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census329 493
Free school meals (ever 6)46.3% 66.5%
English as an additional language44.1% 33.3%
SEN support8.2% 20.9%
SEN with an EHC plan2.4% 1.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% Stronger figure6.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence9.6% Stronger figure18.8% 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 Primary School

Archibald Primary School

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