St Margaret's Primary AcademyRoman Hill Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Margaret's Primary Academy and Roman Hill Primary School are primary schools in Lowestoft.

  • St Margaret's Primary Academy scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Roman Hill Primary School scores 33 out of 100 (grade F, weak). St Margaret's Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Margaret's Primary Academy was judged the expected standard and Roman Hill Primary School 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 51.0% for St Margaret's Primary Academy and 33.0% for Roman Hill Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Margaret's Primary Academy (67.0% in 2022-23, 51.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Roman Hill Primary School (23.0% in 2022-23, 33.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Margaret's Primary Academy versus Roman Hill Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LowestoftSt Margaret's Primary AcademyLowestoftRoman Hill Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC56/100Stronger figureF33/100
Local ranking120th of 240 in Suffolk Stronger figure224th of 240 in Suffolk
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll389 430
Capacity420 525
LocationLowestoft, NR32 4JF Lowestoft, NR32 2NX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard51.0% Stronger figure33.0% 62.0%
At higher standard11.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 Stronger figure99.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 Stronger figure97.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census389 430
Free school meals (ever 6)51.5% 51.9%
English as an additional language10.8% 9.8%
SEN support18.0% 27.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 6.7%
Attendance
Overall absence6.8% Stronger figure7.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence22.9% 20.9% 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 Margaret's Primary Academy

Roman Hill Primary School

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