St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school located in Macclesfield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 05/11/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.8%, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Priory Lane, Macclesfield

School Information

Address: Priory Lane, Macclesfield, SK10 3HJ
Website: www.stalbansprimarymacclesfield.co.uk/
Telephone: 01625425905
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cheshire East
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Teresa Cooke
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 141811

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 05/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 339
Number of Boys: 167
Number of Girls: 172

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 7.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -1.2 Confidence interval -3 to 0.6
Writing
Well Below Average: -8.1 Confidence interval -9.8 to -6.5
Maths
Below Average: -2.2 Confidence interval -3.8 to -0.6

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:2%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
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
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Priory Lane , SK10 3HJ
4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Upton Priory School
Berwick Close , Off Prestbury Road SK10 3ED
3out of 4 765 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery
Parkett Heyes Road , SK11 8UD
3out of 4 1,102 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Whirley Primary School
Whirley Road , Broken Cross SK10 3JL
3out of 4 1,143 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St John the Evangelist CofE Primary School Macclesfield
Ivy Road , SK11 8QN
3out of 4 1,318 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Fallibroome Academy
Priory Lane , Upton SK10 4AF
4out of 4 647 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
All Hallows Catholic College
Brooklands Avenue , SK11 8LB
4out of 4 1,583 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Macclesfield Academy
Park Lane , SK11 8JR
2out of 4 2,093 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Tytherington School
Manchester Road , SK10 2EE
3out of 4 2,254 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Macclesfield College
Park Lane , SK11 8LF
- not rated 2,257 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Eden School
76 Chelford Road , SK10 3LQ
- not rated 1,292 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The King's School In Macclesfield
Alderley Road , Prestbury SK10 4SP
- not rated 1,553 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Fermain Academy
Beswick Street , SK11 8JF
4out of 4 1,716 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School
Beech Hall School
Beech Hall Drive , Tytherington SK10 2EG
- not rated 2,005 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Park Lane School
Park Lane , SK11 8JR
4out of 4 2,203 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.