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St Hugh's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L7 6HE

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Good

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 May 2025

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At a glance

187 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
73.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
85% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.sthughsprimary.co.uk
URN
104652

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 0.74 first choices per place. At its inspection on 7 May 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 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.74 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
19%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
97
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
94
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 school19%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
Liverpool average58%
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
Eastwood Village Primary SchoolRotherham · 66 miles awayGood32%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolAshton-under-Lyne · 35 miles awayGood67%
St Clement's Church of England AcademyBirmingham · 76 miles awayGood38%
Oasis Academy BoultonBirmingham · 75 miles awayNo current grade67%
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolBirmingham · 77 miles awayGood83%
St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 178 miles awayGood (2019)61%
St George's Church of England Academy, NewtownBirmingham · 76 miles awayGood40%
Ladypool Primary SchoolBirmingham · 79 miles awayGood67%
Chilwell Croft AcademyBirmingham · 76 miles awayGood72%
E-ACT Nechells AcademyBirmingham · 76 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Pear Tree Community Junior SchoolDerby · 70 miles awayNeeds attention36%
Cromwell Junior and Infant SchoolBirmingham · 77 miles awayGood97%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White Gypsy/Roma 54% (Liverpool 0%, England 0%) · Black African 11% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 7% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 7% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · White British 4% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · 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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.52 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
20.5
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)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £51,941; 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£10,041
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £237,840; in-year balance +£89,155

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier33.9%62.3%
Social housing26%17.1%
Privately rented39.8%20.5%
Detached houses6.4%22.9%
Flats18.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van47.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034401 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£145,000455 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£100,000–£190,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (52)£201,000
Terraced (359)£140,000
Flat (42)£83,000

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
22an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
67an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an 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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