Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Runcorn, Halton·WA7 2TP
Composite score
50.3
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#7,148
National rank
#986
In North West
#18
In Halton
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
31
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
192
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,076
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Runcorn, Halton, Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 192 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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