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St Albert's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L28 8AJ

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 27 January 2026 · report published 19 April 2026

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At a glance

220 pupils · 90% of 245 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
55% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
28% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stalbertsprimary.co.uk/
URN
104467

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 27 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers55%
Knowsley average60.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Grange Community Nursery and Primary SchoolWinsford · 22 miles awayGood63%
Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary SchoolFleetwood · 34 miles awayGood21%
Leadgate Primary School - Split SiteConsett · 107 miles awayGood47%
Hedworthfield Primary SchoolJarrow · 119 miles awayGood60%
Benjamin Adlard Primary SchoolGainsborough · 87 miles awayExpected standard52%
Fox Hill PrimarySheffield · 57 miles awayRequires improvement13%
Hawbush Primary SchoolBrierley Hill · 73 miles awayRequires improvement58%
Morpeth Road AcademyBlyth · 129 miles awayStrong standard64%
St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrescot · 3 miles awayGood47%
St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · under 1 mile awayGood66%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 176 miles awayGood72%
The Oaks Community Primary SchoolEllesmere Port · 12 miles awayRequires improvement39%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 69% (Knowsley 84%, England 60%) · Black African 9% (Knowsley 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Knowsley 4%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 3% (Knowsley 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Knowsley 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Knowsley 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Knowsley 0%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Knowsley 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Knowsley 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Knowsley 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Knowsley 0%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Knowsley 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
29.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.97 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Knowsley: 1.97 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 10 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,967; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,955
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £70,376; in-year balance -£155

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.1%62.3%
Social housing24%17.1%
Privately rented8.9%20.5%
Detached houses59.5%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006671 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£140,000143 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£115,000–£250,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (45)£330,000
Semi-detached (19)£177,000
Terraced (73)£120,000
Flat (6)£86,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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