St Lucia's CofE Primary School & NurseryColeham Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery and Coleham Primary School are primary schools in Shrewsbury.

  • St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery scores 78 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Coleham Primary School scores 79 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Coleham Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery was judged Good and Coleham Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 83.0% for St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery and 75.0% for Coleham Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery (73.0% in 2022-23, 83.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Coleham Primary School (73.0% in 2022-23, 75.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery versus Coleham Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ShrewsburySt Lucia's CofE Primary School & NurseryShrewsburyColeham Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB78/100B79/100Stronger figure
Local ranking5th of 106 in Shropshire 2nd of 106 in Shropshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll93 429
Capacity112 420
LocationShrewsbury, SY4 4TZ Shrewsbury, SY3 7EN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard83.0% Stronger figure75.0% 62.0%
At higher standard17.0% Stronger figure12.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 108.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census93 429
Free school meals (ever 6)9.6% 8.9%
English as an additional language2.2% 7.5%
SEN support5.4% 12.1%
SEN with an EHC plan5.4% 5.6%
Attendance
Overall absence4.1% 3.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence7.0% 3.7% 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.

St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery

Coleham Primary School

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