OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
19 November 2024
Latest published outcome
Not judged
OEIF
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
22 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Published
13 September 2023
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Liverpool
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
524
417 full-time ·
107 part-time
Female pupils
263
50.2% of pupils
Male pupils
261
49.8% of pupils
2.3 pts
below England
School
22.5%
Liverpool
34.5%
North West
28.5%
England
24.8%
10.4 pts
above England
School
30.7%
Liverpool
22.1%
North West
18.1%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Liverpool
0.2%
North West
0.8%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
8.8%
46
Any other ethnic group
4.0%
21
Any other Asian background
3.6%
19
Any other Mixed background
3.4%
18
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
21.2%
111 of
524 pupils
0.4 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
17.6%
92 pupils
England
14.8%
2.8 pts
above
EHC plans
3.6%
19 pupils
England
6.0%
2.4 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
42
Social, emotional & mental health
31
Autistic spectrum disorder
19
Specific learning difficulty
16
Moderate learning difficulty
1
Multi-sensory impairment
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.02%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.19 pts
lower than
England
School
5.02%
Liverpool
7.19%
North West
6.25%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
12.84%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
2.97 pts
lower than
England
School
12.84%
Liverpool
19.97%
North West
15.89%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.27%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.53 pts
lower than
England
School
0.27%
Liverpool
2.08%
North West
1.75%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
124.8%
36.6 pts
above England
St John's Catholic Primary School
124.8%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.