Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Liverpool·L4 4ED
Composite score
51.8
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#6,601
National rank
#897
In North West
#42
In Liverpool
Top 45%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
80%
73 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
1.26
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
121
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.26
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720220.9820231.0220241.0020251.262026

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 Arnot St Mary CofE 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
480
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
56.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
27.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,346
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 480 pupils aged 2 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 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 45% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Arnot St Mary CofE 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 73 first choices for 58 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% 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. Arnot St Mary CofE 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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