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St Cleopas' Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · Liverpool · L8 4RP

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At a glance

264 pupils · 75% of 352 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
60.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
28.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stcleopas.co.uk
URN
150244

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.74 first choices per place. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.74 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · usually has places

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
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
Co-op Academy PortlandBirkenhead · 4 miles awayGood45%
Brook Acre Community Primary SchoolWarrington · 17 miles awayGood54%
Mossfield Primary SchoolManchester · 28 miles awayGood61%
Priory Fields SchoolDover · 238 miles awayGood53%
Falla Park Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 122 miles awayGood (2019)67%
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolBirmingham · 77 miles awayGood46%
Court Farm Primary SchoolBirmingham · 75 miles awayGood40%
Seacroft Grange Primary SchoolLeeds · 68 miles awayGood39%
Stanhope Primary SchoolSouth Shields · 126 miles awayGood86%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolBirkenhead · 2 miles awayGood (2016)61%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsNorth Shields · 128 miles awayGood45%
Beechwood Church of England Primary SchoolDudley · 71 miles awayGood53%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 70% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Liverpool 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)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.79 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

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
15.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.2 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 £51,669; 11.8% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,560
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£70,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

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 higher27.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier38.3%62.3%
Social housing32.2%17.1%
Privately rented29.5%20.5%
Detached houses2.7%22.9%
Flats7.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van52.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033767 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£164,000392 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£138,000–£195,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£321,000
Semi-detached (23)£190,000
Terraced (257)£155,000
Flat (100)£164,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
37an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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