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Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L33 1DZ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 January 2025

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At a glance

346 pupils · 94% of 367 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
38.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.saintspeterandpaulcps.org.uk
URN
104479

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 40 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. At its inspection on 7 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 34 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers59%
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
Athersley South Primary SchoolBarnsley · 58 miles awayNo current grade66%
Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolBlackpool · 25 miles awayNeeds attention52%
Broad Square Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 4 miles awayGood69%
Whiston Willis Primary AcademyPrescot · 7 miles awayOutstanding63%
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary SchoolMorecambe · 37 miles awayGood41%
Millbrook Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 1 miles awayGood56%
Ruskin Junior SchoolSwindon · 140 miles awayGood56%
Shakespeare Primary SchoolPlymouth · 220 miles awayGood50%
Moorside Primary SchoolManchester · 30 miles awayGood58%
Queensgate Foundation PrimaryEast Cowes · 202 miles awayGood68%
Netherbrook Primary SchoolDudley · 78 miles awayGood68%
Wood Green Junior SchoolWednesbury · 74 miles awayExpected standard60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Knowsley 84%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Knowsley 4%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Knowsley 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Knowsley 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Knowsley 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Knowsley 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Knowsley 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Knowsley 2%, England 4%) · other groups together 1%

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)
7.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.54 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)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% 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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,072; 12.5% 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£8,019
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) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£265,109; in-year balance -£122,947

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier33.3%62.3%
Social housing44.5%17.1%
Privately rented21.5%20.5%
Detached houses14.7%22.9%
Flats0.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006493 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£185,000293 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£152,000–£224,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (87)£245,000
Semi-detached (147)£173,000
Terraced (57)£150,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters 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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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