Lowton West Primary 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 26/04/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.1%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Slag Lane, Warrington

School Information

Address: Slag Lane, Warrington, WA3 2ED
Website: http://www.lowtonwest.wigan.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01942724865
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Jeanette Westhead
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 106428

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 26/04/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 412
Number of Boys: 210
Number of Girls: 202

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -1.3 to 1.9
Writing
Average: 1 Confidence interval -0.5 to 2.4
Maths
Average: 0.8 Confidence interval -0.6 to 2.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:72%
England Average:65%

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

School:9%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lowton West Primary School
Slag Lane , Lowton WA3 2ED 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Church Lane , Lowton WA3 2PW 		3out of 4 820 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton
Cranham Avenue , Lowton WA3 2PQ 		3out of 4 888 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan
Hazel Grove , Golborne WA3 3LU 		4out of 4 956 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant School
Church Street , Golborne WA3 3TH 		3out of 4 1,007 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Golborne High School
Lowton Road , Golborne WA3 3EL 		3out of 4 724 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Lowton Church of England High School
Newton Road , Lowton WA3 1DU 		2out of 4 2,506 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 1,279 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Parks School
Market Street , Hindley WN2 3AN 		- not rated 1,610 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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