St Mary's Catholic Primary School, ScarisbrickKew Woods Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick and Kew Woods Primary School are primary schools.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Kew Woods Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Kew Woods Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick was judged the expected standard 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 53.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick and 79.0% for Kew Woods Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick (50.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% 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

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick versus Kew Woods Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure OrmskirkSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, ScarisbrickSouthportKew Woods Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC55/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking258th of 466 in Lancashire 20th of 73 in Sefton
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll68 451
Capacity105 450
LocationOrmskirk, L40 9QE Southport, PR8 6JW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% 79.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 3.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census68 451
Free school meals (ever 6)17.6% 27.7%
English as an additional language1.5% 13.3%
SEN support4.4% 17.3%
SEN with an EHC plan1.5% 3.8%
Attendance
Overall absence6.6% 5.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.9% 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.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Scarisbrick

Kew Woods Primary School

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