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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Liverpool · L13 2BA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 March 2023

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At a glance

234 pupils · 94% of 248 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
44.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
37.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
stcuthberts.school
URN
104649

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 18 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyWolverhampton · 66 miles awayGood63%
Lift North OrmesbyMiddlesbrough · 106 miles awayGood63%
St Paul's CofE (C) Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 44 miles awayRequires improvement36%
St Augustine's Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 46 miles awayGood (2019)48%
St George's Primary SchoolHull · 107 miles awayGood62%
Paxton Academy Sports And ScienceThornton Heath · 183 miles awayGood87%
Edna G. Olds AcademyNottingham · 79 miles awayOutstanding (2019)86%
Radford Primary AcademyCoventry · 90 miles awayGood52%
Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 42 miles awayOutstanding58%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · 27 miles awayGood61%
Waverley AcademyDoncaster · 72 miles awayExpected standard64%
St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolWidnes · 9 miles awayStrong standard77%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 46% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Black African 10% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 5% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 5% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 5% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.70 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
19.3
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)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.2 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 £48,796; 25% 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£8,454
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £115,601; in-year balance +£12,831

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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 higher25.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45%62.3%
Social housing15.7%17.1%
Privately rented39.1%20.5%
Detached houses2.5%22.9%
Flats17.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van46.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006711 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£145,000426 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£115,000–£176,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£282,500
Semi-detached (84)£178,000
Terraced (308)£140,000
Flat (22)£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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
56an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
15an 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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