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St George's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L31 5PD

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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 25 January 2023

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At a glance

235 pupils · 98% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
7.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-georgesprimary.com
URN
104925

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.79 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2013 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 25 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.79 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 22 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
Sefton average58.8%
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
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary SchoolRipon · 73 miles awayGood (2016)72%
St Patricks Church of England Primary AcademySolihull · 91 miles awayGood77%
Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolIpswich · 196 miles awayGood63%
Overstone Primary SchoolNorthampton · 122 miles awayGood63%
All Saints CofE Junior SchoolMatlock · 62 miles awayStrong standard86%
Myrtle Park PrimaryBingley · 51 miles awayRequires improvement57%
Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolSheffield · 56 miles awayGood87%
St Anne's CofE VC Primary SchoolBewdley · 82 miles awayGood50%
Wynndale Primary SchoolMansfield · 78 miles awayExpected standard87%
Aston Fence Junior and Infant SchoolSheffield · 67 miles awayOutstanding83%
Scholar Green Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 40 miles awayGood63%
Worsthorne Primary SchoolBurnley · 36 miles awayGood47%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Sefton 86%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Sefton 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Sefton 3%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Sefton 1%, England 2%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Sefton 0%, England 0%)

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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14%
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 · Sefton: 1.36 suspensions and 0.01 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
21.6
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)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 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 £49,048; 33.3% 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£6,629
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £65,140; in-year balance -£82,195

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health52%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.2%62.3%
Social housing2.5%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses4.2%22.9%
Flats2.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12%21.1%
Households with no car or van15%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007066 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£245,000266 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£193,000–£307,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (40)£348,500
Semi-detached (166)£244,500
Terraced (36)£187,500
Flat (24)£152,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
15an 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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