St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Liverpool·L8 5UX
Composite score
61.7
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#3,459
National rank
#431
In North West
#16
In Liverpool
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
29 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.04
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
1.3320221.0020230.7920240.9320251.042026

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

Liverpool does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Patrick's Catholic Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
231
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
54.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
44.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,149
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 231 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 21.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 93% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (29 first choices for 28 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 55% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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