St Michael's Nursery and Infant SchoolSt Patrick's Catholic Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Michael's Nursery and Infant School and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Workington.

  • St Michael's Nursery and Infant School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Michael's Nursery and Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Michael's Nursery and Infant School was judged Good and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (70.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Michael's Nursery and Infant School versus St Patrick's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WorkingtonSt Michael's Nursery and Infant SchoolWorkingtonSt Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100Stronger figureD52/100
Local ranking138th of 143 in Cumberland 63rd of 143 in Cumberland Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll110 196
Capacity136 210
LocationWorkington, CA14 2UY Workington, CA14 2DW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported53.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported6.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census110 196
Free school meals (ever 6)32.1% 20.9%
English as an additional language15.5% 16.3%
SEN support20.9% 7.7%
SEN with an EHC plan5.5% 1.0%
Attendance
Overall absence6.3% 4.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence21.2% 8.3% 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.

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 Nursery and Infant School

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

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