Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Liverpool·L12 1LE
Composite score
70.8
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#1,656
National rank
#195
In North West
#6
In Liverpool
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
82%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
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
46%
128 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
2.17
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
263
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.35
00.511.522.5
1 per place
2.1420222.0320231.8320241.8220252.172026

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 Runnymede St Edward'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
376
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,755
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 376 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School 'Good'. 82% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 128 first choices for 59 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. 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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