St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, CrawleyThe Oaks Primary School & Nursery

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

Summary of the comparison

St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley and The Oaks Primary School & Nursery are primary schools in Crawley.

  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Oaks Primary School & Nursery scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley was judged Good and The Oaks Primary School & Nursery was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 67.0% for St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley and 72.0% for The Oaks Primary School & Nursery.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley (74.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at The Oaks Primary School & Nursery (59.0% in 2022-23, 72.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley versus The Oaks Primary School & Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CrawleySt Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, CrawleyCrawleyThe Oaks Primary School & NurseryEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100Stronger figureC56/100
Local ranking43rd of 218 in West Sussex Stronger figure92nd of 218 in West Sussex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll421 447
Capacity420 420
LocationCrawley, RH10 6HD Crawley, RH10 5DP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard67.0% 72.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 11.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census421 447
Free school meals (ever 6)11.4% 21.9%
English as an additional language31.1% 27.5%
SEN support14.3% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan1.4% 1.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% Stronger figure5.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence5.5% 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.

St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley

The Oaks Primary School & Nursery

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