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Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary Ages 5-11 144 pupils Warrington
Ofsted: Good
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Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Warrington for pupils aged 5 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 144 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2022 of its predecessor, Our Lady's Catholic Primary School. In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Wash Lane
Latchford
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 1JD
Phone 01925633270
Reference Number 150540

General Makeup

Number of pupils 144
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.92%
Girls: 52.08%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 28.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 29.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 16.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 6 15 21
2 10 10 20
3 13 12 25
4 10 12 22
5 7 9 16
6 14 13 27

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 59.7%
White, Other 7.6%
Chinese 6.9%
Asian, Other 4.9%
African 4.2%
Indian 3.5%
Mixed, Other 2.8%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
Pakistani 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, inspected in February 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
08 May 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 52%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 17%

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 108
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 12 1
Third Preference 5 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 163 pupils for 210 places. 47 places (22.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Latchford” planning area

Warrington counted 92 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 99 in 2029–30, up 8%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 168163
Unfilled 20.0%22.4%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.1%
Unauthorised absence 2.4%
Severely absent pupils 2.7%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 4.4
Permanent exclusions 0

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.310.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 60.0%–
Sick days per teacher 2.4–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.8% of pupils at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 12 0
Speech, language and communication needs 10 0
No specialist assessment of need 7 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 1
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 2
Physical disability 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy received £7,777 and spent £8,359 for each of its 159 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £208,000 (£1,308 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,250 and spending £8,645 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £208,000
per pupil £1,308
In-year balance -£92,000
per pupil -£581

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2022 of its predecessor, Our Lady's Catholic Primary School.

When was Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy have?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy has 144 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy cover?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy?

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is at Wash Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1JD.

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