Gorsewood Primary School is a primary school located in Runcorn. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 25/04/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Gorsewood Road, Runcorn

School Information

Address: Gorsewood Road, Runcorn, WA7 6ES
Website: www.gorsewood.halton.sch.uk
Telephone: 01928712100
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Halton
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Emma Jackson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 111176

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 25/04/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 188
Number of Boys: 91
Number of Girls: 97

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 19.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 4.4 Confidence interval 2.1 to 6.8
Writing
Average: -1.2 Confidence interval -3.3 to 0.9
Maths
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -2.8 to 1.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:52%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:108
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Gorsewood Primary School
Gorsewood Road , Murdishaw WA7 6ES 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Martin's Catholic Primary School
St Martin's Lane , Murdishaw WA7 6HZ 		3out of 4 40 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Murdishaw West Community Primary School
Barnfield Avenue , Murdishaw WA7 6EP 		3out of 4 403 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Berteline's CofE Primary School
Norton Lane , Norton WA7 6QN 		4out of 4 1,209 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Brookvale Primary School
Northwich Road , Brookvale WA7 6BZ 		4out of 4 1,535 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Barnfield Avenue , WA7 6EP 		2out of 4 887 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Sandymoor Orminston Academy , Wharford Lane WA7 1QU 		- not rated 2,428 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Halton School
31 Main Street , Halton WA7 2AN 		- not rated 2,766 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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