St Winefride's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Mellock Lane
Little Neston
Neston
Cheshire
CH64 9RW
Phone 01518325012
Reference Number 111313

St Winefride’s Catholic Primary School continues to maintain a good standard of education, with pupils expressing happiness and pride in their school. The positive relationships among pupils and staff contribute to a supportive learning environment where most students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well. The school has prioritized reading, effectively teaching phonics from an early age, which has led to students becoming confident readers by the end of key stage 1. However, some subjects have recently revised curricula that lack clarity on key knowledge, impacting some pupils' learning outcomes.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 162
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 56.79%
Girls: 43.21%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 18
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 12 6 18
2 10 9 19
3 18 9 27
4 13 11 24
5 17 10 27
6 13 17 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.4%
White, Other 1.9%
White & Asian 1.9%
Irish 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 07 Feb 2024
Date Report
07 Feb 2024 School inspection
22 Nov 2018 Short inspection
21 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
21 Mar 2012 Full inspection:
19 Nov 2008 Full inspection:
14 Jun 2005 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are happy and proud of their school.
  • Strong reading instruction starting in the Reception class.
  • Pupils with SEND receive adequate support and achieve well.
  • The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured for most subjects.
  • Positive pupil-teacher relationships foster a caring environment.
  • Pupils actively participate in leadership roles.
  • Effective safeguarding arrangements are in place.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some subjects have not clearly identified the key content for learning.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 67%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.2
Writing 1.9
Maths -2.1

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 14 0
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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