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Christ The King Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L15 7LZ

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Needs attention

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

Inspected 25 November 2025 · report published 21 January 2026

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At a glance

414 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
11.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.christthekingcatholicprimary.co.uk/
URN
104629

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 62 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 25 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 62 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
Liverpool average58%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Earls Colne Primary School and NurseryColchester · 182 miles awayGood54%
Radipole Primary SchoolWeymouth · 192 miles awayGood60%
Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary SchoolMorecambe · 46 miles awayGood73%
Ursuline Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 8 miles awayGood56%
Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary SchoolLittleborough · 36 miles awayGood59%
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary SchoolSolihull · 83 miles awayGood79%
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy HillBolton · 18 miles awayGood65%
St Nicolas CofE AcademyNuneaton · 85 miles awayGood61%
Swiss Gardens Primary SchoolShoreham-by-Sea · 209 miles awayGood43%
Fulfen Primary SchoolBurntwood · 65 miles awayOutstanding73%
St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 3 miles awayGood65%
Whitby Heath Primary SchoolEllesmere Port · 9 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 0%) · Black African 1% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Liverpool 1%, 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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.24 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Liverpool: 1.76 suspensions and 0.07 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
24.2
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)

11.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £52,739; 21.1% 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£6,059
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £111,942; in-year balance +£5,548

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier92%62.3%
Social housing0.5%17.1%
Privately rented7.5%20.5%
Detached houses1.5%22.9%
Flats3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006577 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£279,000476 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£345,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£390,000
Semi-detached (336)£285,000
Terraced (81)£250,000
Flat (35)£133,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
36an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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