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St Gregory's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L27 7AG

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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 23 February 2024

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At a glance

233 pupils · 111% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
38.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stgregorysliverpool.co.uk
URN
104678

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.05 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 23 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.05 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 21 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
40%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school40%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
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
Ryecroft Primary AcademyBradford · 54 miles awayGood (2019)50%
New Earswick Primary SchoolYork · 83 miles awayExpected standard50%
The Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary SchoolImmingham · 109 miles awayGood67%
Longhill Primary SchoolKingston-upon-Hull · 109 miles awayNeeds attention67%
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary SchoolOldham · 34 miles awayGood37%
Worth Valley Primary SchoolKeighley · 49 miles awayGood67%
Barrowcliff SchoolScarborough · 116 miles awayGood30%
Castle View Primary SchoolRuncorn · 7 miles awayGood83%
Wroughton Junior AcademyGreat Yarmouth · 197 miles awayExpected standard56%
Marshland Primary AcademyDoncaster · 79 miles awayGood76%
St Anthony's Voluntary Catholic AcademyHull · 104 miles awayNeeds attention59%
Western Primary SchoolGrimsby · 112 miles awayNeeds attention61%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · 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)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% 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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.4 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 £51,114; 18.2% 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£8,771
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £122,503; in-year balance -£124,568

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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 higher16.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications31.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.8%62.3%
Social housing44.4%17.1%
Privately rented7.8%20.5%
Detached houses4%22.9%
Flats1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006707 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£157,000105 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£130,000–£180,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (35)£180,000
Terraced (66)£147,500

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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