Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Warrington·WA4 1JD
Composite score
53.6
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#5,973
National rank
#799
In North West
#36
In Warrington
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 15 places
Last place offered lived
0.81 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1307 m

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
159
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,629
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Warrington, Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 159 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 20.0 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 in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 12 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.81 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. There are about 15.9 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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