St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Liverpool·L16 2LN
Composite score
76.4
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#1,012
National rank
#114
In North West
#1
In Liverpool
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
85%
65 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
134
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
34%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.26
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2220221.1020231.0720241.3420251.082026

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 Paschal Baylon 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
421
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,853
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 421 pupils aged 4 to 11. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 65 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 26.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Paschal Baylon 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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