Lowton Junior and Infant School is a primary school located in Warrington. 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 20/06/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in maths is above average, progress in reading is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.8%, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Newton Road, Warrington, WA3 2AW
Website: http://www.lowtonprimary.wigan.sch.uk
Telephone: 01942673213
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Joanne Sutcliffe
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 106421

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/06/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 223
Number of Boys: 110
Number of Girls: 113

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: -0.9 Confidence interval -3.1 to 1.4
Writing
Well Above Average: 2.6 Confidence interval 0.6 to 4.7
Maths
Above Average: 2.1 Confidence interval 0.1 to 4

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:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lowton Junior and Infant School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 2AW 		3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 1EW 		3out of 4 696 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton
Cranham Avenue , Lowton WA3 2PQ 		3out of 4 884 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Church Lane , Lowton WA3 2PW 		3out of 4 1,107 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Gilded Hollins Community School
St Helen's Road , WN7 3PQ 		3out of 4 1,574 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lowton Church of England High School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 1DU 		2out of 4 1,001 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Golborne High School
Lowton Road , Golborne WA3 3EL 		3out of 4 2,352 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Green Meadow Independent Primary School
Robson Way , WA3 2RD 		- not rated 540 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Expanse Learning (Expanse Group Ltd)
Leigh Sports Stadium, Sale Way , Leigh Sports Village WN7 4JY 		- not rated 2,985 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Parks School
Market Street , Hindley WN2 3AN 		- not rated 3,076 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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