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St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary · Wallasey · CH44 5XB

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Good

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 15 October 2024

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At a glance

196 pupils · 50% of 392 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
41.3% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
www.stalbans.wirral.sch.uk
URN
150184

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 15 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

8 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Wirral 85%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Wirral 1%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Wirral 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wirral 1%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Wirral 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wirral 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)
7.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.7%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £41,174; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.6%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented41.4%20.5%
Detached houses4.7%22.9%
Flats15.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007217 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£168,000830 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£135,000–£215,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£264,000
Semi-detached (383)£196,000
Terraced (367)£148,000
Flat (42)£95,000

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
8an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
22an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
62an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an 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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