St Margaret's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary in Warrington | Ofsted & DfE

66%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

463

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

66%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

463

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

66%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

463

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Closed school

This school is closed.

Local authorityWarrington

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusClosed

Overview of St Margaret's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School · Primary · Warrington

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

66%

-3pp

77%70%63%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 66%

RWM higher standard

-5pp

12%9%5%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

71%

Reading higher standard

27%

Writing expected standard

81%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

76%

Maths higher standard

17%

Science expected standard

83%

SPAG expected standard

64%

SPAG higher standard

14%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

463

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

14%

FSM eligible

33%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

School Road, Orford, Warrington, WA2 9AD

Local authority

Warrington

Website

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Telephone

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	66%	7%	71%	27%	81%	10%	76%	17%	83%	64%	104.0	104.0	102.0	—	—	—	14%	463
2023/24	69%	12%	78%	22%	88%	19%	79%	17%	88%	72%	105.0	105.0	105.0	—	—	—	11%	474
2022/23	70%	8%	82%	30%	83%	22%	85%	18%	82%	85%	105.0	105.0	106.0	+2.00	+4.10	+3.30	11%	468
2018/19	77%	7%	78%	18%	87%	17%	85%	18%	87%	78%	104.0	105.0	104.0	+0.90	+2.40	+1.40	11%	463
2017/18	63%	5%	75%	22%	82%	12%	70%	12%	87%	83%	105.0	103.0	106.0	+1.80	+1.60	+0.60	14%	456
2016/17	67%	7%	72%	21%	78%	13%	78%	24%	88%	81%	103.0	104.0	106.0	+2.50	+1.70	+3.00	16%	490

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	463	22.5	14%	14%	33%	6%	15%
2023/24	474	24.5	11%	8%	35%	5%	14%
2022/23	468	24.3	11%	6%	36%	5%	12%
2021/22	472	23.7	11%	6%	35%	5%	15%
2020/21	466	23.2	8%	6%	30%	—	—
2018/19	463	23.1	11%	6%	33%	4%	6%
2017/18	456	22.6	14%	7%	32%	4%	9%
2016/17	490	23.5	16%	5%	33%	4%	8%