St Stephen's Catholic Primary SchoolMeadowside Community Primary and Nursery School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School are primary schools in Warrington.

  • St Stephen's Catholic Primary School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Stephen's Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Stephen's Catholic Primary School was judged Good and Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery 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 70.0% for St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and 26.0% for Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Stephen's Catholic Primary School (60.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School (36.0% in 2022-23, 26.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Stephen's Catholic Primary School versus Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WarringtonSt Stephen's Catholic Primary SchoolWarringtonMeadowside Community Primary and Nursery SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC68/100Stronger figureC57/100
Local ranking17th of 61 in Warrington Stronger figure39th of 61 in Warrington
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll204 265
Capacity210 315
LocationWarrington, WA2 9HS Warrington, WA2 9PH
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard70.0% Stronger figure26.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure100.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure100.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census204 265
Free school meals (ever 6)39.7% 64.3%
English as an additional language27.5% 17.0%
SEN support28.4% 31.7%
SEN with an EHC plan3.4% 10.6%
Attendance
Overall absence6.3% Stronger figure6.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence19.8% 17.3% 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.

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 Stephen's Catholic Primary School

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School

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