St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolSt Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton

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

Summary of the comparison

St Luke's CofE Primary School and St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton are primary schools in Warrington.

  • St Luke's CofE Primary School scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Luke's CofE Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Luke's CofE Primary School was judged Good and St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton 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 90.0% for St Luke's CofE Primary School and 73.0% for St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at St Luke's CofE Primary School (88.0% in 2022-23, 90.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton (73.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Luke's CofE Primary School versus St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WarringtonSt Luke's CofE Primary SchoolWarringtonSt Catherine's Catholic Primary School, LowtonEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB80/100Stronger figureC58/100
Local ranking8th of 97 in Wigan Stronger figure55th of 97 in Wigan
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll211 213
Capacity198 210
LocationWarrington, WA3 2PW Warrington, WA3 2PQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard90.0% Stronger figure73.0% 62.0%
At higher standard23.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score110.0 Stronger figure107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census211 213
Free school meals (ever 6)6.6% 14.6%
English as an additional language3.3% 10.3%
SEN support11.4% 9.4%
SEN with an EHC plan0.5% 1.4%
Attendance
Overall absence3.8% Stronger figure5.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence4.8% Stronger figure11.6% 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 Luke's CofE Primary School

St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton

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