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All Saints Catholic Primary School

Primary · Bootle · L20 4LX

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

Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 14 June 2026

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At a glance

312 pupils · 74% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
46.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
49.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
34.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.allsaintsprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
132208

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 31 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2013 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 14 April 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 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

31 places offered · 29 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

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
52%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school52%
Median of its 12 closest peers59.5%
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
Lawn Primary SchoolGravesend · 197 miles awayGood31%
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool · 5 miles awayGood72%
Porters Grange Primary School and NurserySouthend-on-Sea · 205 miles awayGood52%
Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery AcademyHastings · 234 miles awayNo current grade50%
Thorplands Primary SchoolNorthampton · 122 miles awayGood68%
Benthal Primary SchoolLondon · 180 miles awayGood77%
Faith Primary AcademyLiverpool · 3 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Crawford Primary SchoolLondon · 184 miles awayGood67%
The Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 82 miles awayGood49%
Christopher Hatton Primary SchoolLondon · 180 miles awayStrong standard81%
St Nicholas CE Primary AcademyBoston · 128 miles awayGood74%
St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) SchoolBirmingham · 83 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Sefton 86%, England 60%) · Black African 30% (Sefton 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 10% (Sefton 3%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Sefton 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Sefton 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (Sefton 1%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Sefton 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Sefton 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Sefton 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Sefton 1%, England 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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.54 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
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 13% 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)

38.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.1 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 £49,507; 10.5% 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£9,098
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 67% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 20% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 13% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,330,858; in-year balance +£61,692

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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 higher18.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work13.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways47.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health35.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22%62.3%
Social housing63.9%17.1%
Privately rented13.4%20.5%
Detached houses6.4%22.9%
Flats47.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van61.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007007 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£96,000270 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£78,000–£126,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£170,000
Semi-detached (45)£155,000
Terraced (183)£96,000
Flat (37)£70,000

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
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
46an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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