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St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L7 3HJ

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Expected standard

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

Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 19 April 2026

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At a glance

206 pupils · 70% of 296 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
54.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
58.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
26.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stannescatholicprimary.com
URN
104681

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 10 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 13 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
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 Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) SchoolBirmingham · 79 miles awayGood52%
St Sebastian's RC Primary SchoolSalford · 28 miles awayGood52%
Redhill Primary SchoolBirmingham · 80 miles awayGood59%
St Ann's Well AcademyNottingham · 81 miles awayGood54%
Hawley Primary SchoolLondon · 175 miles awayGood41%
Holme Slack Community Primary SchoolPreston · 28 miles awayNeeds attention52%
Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolBirmingham · 76 miles awayExpected standard58%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 1 miles awayExpected standard62%
Lime Academy ParnwellPeterborough · 127 miles awayGood63%
Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLeeds · 63 miles awayGood67%
St George's Church of England Primary SchoolBirmingham · 77 miles awayExpected standard62%
Aston Tower Community Primary SchoolBirmingham · 77 miles awayNo current grade73%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other ethnic group 27% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Black African 15% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 14% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · White British 11% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 5% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%)

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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7%
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
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 8% 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)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 8 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 £52,526; 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£9,513
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) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £18,866; in-year balance -£8,407

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work7.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways34.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier19.5%62.3%
Social housing55.3%17.1%
Privately rented25.1%20.5%
Detached houses5.1%22.9%
Flats24.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006751 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£130,000240 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£93,000–£193,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (33)£190,000
Terraced (125)£140,000
Flat (78)£100,000

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
74an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
16an 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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