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Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L15 8JL

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 24 April 2024

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At a glance

157 pupils · 75% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Catholic
Free school meals
47.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.olgh.co.uk/
URN
104670

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 24 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 12 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
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 school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers55.5%
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
All Saints Bedworth CofE AcademyBedworth · 88 miles awayGood63%
Brookfield Park Primary SchoolSkelmersdale · 12 miles awayUrgent improvement76%
Burnside Academy InspiresHoughton le Spring · 116 miles awayNo current grade57%
St John's C of E AcademyColeford · 112 miles awayExpected standard54%
Christ Church Church of England AcademyShipley · 56 miles awayExpected standard46%
St Laurence CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · 77 miles awayExpected standard60%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MorecambeMorecambe · 47 miles awayRequires improvement52%
Moorside Primary AcademyConsett · 108 miles awayNo current grade43%
Falmouth Primary AcademyFalmouth · 242 miles awayStrong standard69%
Newton Road SchoolRushden · 124 miles awayRequires improvement40%
St Stephen's Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 14 miles awayGood70%
Oughton Primary and Nursery SchoolHitchin · 148 miles awayGood48%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 48% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Black African 6% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Liverpool 0%, 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)
6.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.57 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
22.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 23% moved to another state school

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 £43,538; 16.7% 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£8,124
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

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

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£41,162; in-year balance -£26,119

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health45%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.2%62.3%
Social housing26.2%17.1%
Privately rented23.4%20.5%
Detached houses10.6%22.9%
Flats34.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van37.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006586 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£195,000545 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£128,000–£267,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£295,500
Semi-detached (138)£271,000
Terraced (320)£165,000
Flat (65)£120,000

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
35an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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