Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address Dorchester Road
Great Sankey
Warrington
Cheshire
WA5 1XE
Phone 01925659307
Reference Number 133676

General Makeup

Number of pupils 244
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.92%
Girls: 45.08%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 29.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 17 30
2 17 9 26
3 17 13 30
4 19 11 30
5 16 14 30
6 19 12 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 59.4%
Chinese 13.1%
White, Other 7%
Pakistani 4.9%
Asian, Other 4.1%
Indian 2.9%
White & Asian 1.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
African 1.2%
Unclassified 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Irish 0.4%
Mixed, Other 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2021-07-20
Date Description Report
2021-06-23 School inspection School inspection
2016-02-23 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-03-28 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2011-03-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-01-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-09-15 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 76% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3% Unlock Unlock

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 108 Unlock Unlock
Maths 110 Unlock Unlock

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 1.4 Unlock Unlock
Writing -1.8 Unlock Unlock
Maths 4.6 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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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.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 7 1
Third Preference 4 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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