St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Wirral·CH49 5LE
Composite score
51.3
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#6,826
National rank
#938
In North West
#23
In Wirral
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 25/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9320231.0020240.9320250.932026

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

Every child who put St Michael and All Angels 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
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
28.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,846
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Wirral, St Michael and All Angels 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 216 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 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 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 15.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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 Michael and All Angels 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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