St Michael's Church of England School, LouthKidgate Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

St Michael's Church of England School, Louth and Kidgate Academy are primary schools in Louth.

  • St Michael's Church of England School, Louth scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Kidgate Academy scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Michael's Church of England School, Louth is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Michael's Church of England School, Louth was judged Good and Kidgate Academy 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 35.0% for St Michael's Church of England School, Louth and 38.0% for Kidgate Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Michael's Church of England School, Louth (40.0% in 2022-23, 35.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Kidgate Academy (59.0% in 2022-23, 38.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Michael's Church of England School, Louth versus Kidgate Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LouthSt Michael's Church of England School, LouthLouthKidgate AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD49/100Stronger figureD43/100
Local ranking183rd of 271 in Lincolnshire Stronger figure204th of 271 in Lincolnshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll292 420
Capacity315 420
LocationLouth, LN11 9AR Louth, LN11 9BX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard35.0% 38.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard2.0% 3.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score99.0 101.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census292 420
Free school meals (ever 6)32.5% 31.7%
English as an additional language2.7% 3.6%
SEN support18.8% 15.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.1% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.6% 5.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.7% 10.7% 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 Michael's Church of England School, Louth

Kidgate Academy

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