Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolKew Woods Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School and Kew Woods Primary School are primary schools.

  • Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Kew Woods Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School was judged Good and Kew Woods 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 60.0% for Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School and 79.0% for Kew Woods Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School (57.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Kew Woods Primary School (73.0% in 2022-23, 79.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School versus Kew Woods Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure OrmskirkScarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolSouthportKew Woods Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureC62/100
Local ranking68th of 466 in Lancashire 20th of 73 in Sefton
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll54 451
Capacity105 450
LocationOrmskirk, L40 9RE Southport, PR8 6JW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% 79.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard20.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score113.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census54 451
Free school meals (ever 6)29.4% 27.7%
English as an additional language9.3% 13.3%
SEN support20.4% 17.3%
SEN with an EHC plan1.9% 3.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.9% Stronger figure5.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence10.6% 10.0% 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.

Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary School

Kew Woods Primary School

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