St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Liverpool·L7 0LH
Composite score
48.0
Compare St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery with another school
#8,007
National rank
#1127
In North West
#60
In Liverpool
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

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
62%
48 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.60
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.57
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.2320221.4820232.1020241.0320251.602026

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 Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery. 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
238
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,682
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Liverpool, St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 238 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 62% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (48 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 21.2 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. St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery 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.

Compare St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery with another school