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St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L36 5XL

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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: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 17 March 2026 · report published 20 May 2026

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At a glance

334 pupils · 119% of 280 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stannesprimaryknowsley.co.uk/
URN
104477

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 46 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 1.02 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 0.294 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 17 March 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 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.02 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 46 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.294 miles for 2021 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.294 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 5 (Non-Catholic children with a sibling in the school)
1.068 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
47%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school47%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Knowsley average60.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Bisley CofE Primary SchoolWoking · 171 miles awayGood36%
Crockerne Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 133 miles awayGood40%
Uphill Village AcademyWeston-Super-Mare · 144 miles awayOutstanding78%
Romsey Primary School & NurseryRomsey · 176 miles awayGood50%
Cragside CofE Controlled Primary SchoolCramlington · 126 miles awayExpected standard71%
Crossgates Primary SchoolRochdale · 34 miles awayGood62%
Saltaire Primary SchoolShipley · 52 miles awayGood68%
Tillingbourne Junior SchoolGuildford · 180 miles awayGood65%
Kingmoor Junior SchoolCarlisle · 105 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Firfield Primary SchoolDerby · 73 miles awayGood60%
Middlewich Primary SchoolMiddlewich · 22 miles awayExpected standard67%
Meath Green Junior SchoolHorley · 191 miles awayGood (2015)54%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (Knowsley 84%, England 60%) · Any other White background 1% (Knowsley 4%, England 7%) · White Irish 1% (Knowsley 0%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Knowsley 2%, England 4%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Knowsley 0%, England 0%) · 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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.88 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
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% left the state-funded sector

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)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.8 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 £53,591; 20% 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£6,829
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £59,010; in-year balance -£47,883

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.7%62.3%
Social housing5.7%17.1%
Privately rented8.6%20.5%
Detached houses34.6%22.9%
Flats9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006475 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£242,500281 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£170,000–£290,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (63)£310,000
Semi-detached (133)£250,000
Terraced (46)£178,500
Flat (39)£110,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.47 km, 2021 entry): 95 sales, median £265,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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