Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Liverpool, Knowsley·L33 1DZ
Composite score
44.2
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#9,430
National rank
#1365
In North West
#25
In Knowsley
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
34 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 40 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.8620230.8320240.8920250.852026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
354
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
30.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,504
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Liverpool, Knowsley, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 354 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 40 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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