St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Warrington·WA2 9AD
Composite score
51.1
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#6,893
National rank
#946
In North West
#41
In Warrington
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
56 first choices, 56 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
104
any preference, for 56 places

Every child who put St Margaret's Church of England 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
463
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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Location

School overview

St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Warrington, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 463 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Margaret's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 56 Reception places. St Margaret's Church of England 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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