Vine Tree Primary SchoolSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe

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

Summary of the comparison

Vine Tree Primary School and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe are primary schools in Crewe.

  • Vine Tree Primary School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Vine Tree Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Vine Tree Primary School was judged Good and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe 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 40.0% for Vine Tree Primary School and 48.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Vine Tree Primary School (62.0% in 2022-23, 40.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe (47.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Vine Tree Primary School versus St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CreweVine Tree Primary SchoolCreweSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, CreweEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureD53/100
Local ranking65th of 116 in Cheshire East Stronger figure92nd of 116 in Cheshire East
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll197 584
Capacity210 622
LocationCrewe, CW2 8AD Crewe, CW2 8AD
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard40.0% 48.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 1.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure99.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census197 584
Free school meals (ever 6)18.3% 19.6%
English as an additional language22.3% 42.1%
SEN support14.2% 7.4%
SEN with an EHC plan2.0% 4.5%
Attendance
Overall absence5.9% Stronger figure6.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence15.9% Stronger figure16.9% 15.8%

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.

Vine Tree Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe

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