St Nicholas Catholic Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Liverpool·L3 5XF
Composite score
40.9
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#10,655
National rank
#1574
In North West
#80
In Liverpool
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
45%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
100%
14 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.6820230.7320240.6920250.932026

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

Every child who put St Nicholas Catholic Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
188
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
78.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,078
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Nicholas Catholic Academy

St Nicholas Catholic Academy is a primary school in Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 188 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 11.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Nicholas Catholic Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 14 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 19.7 pupils per teacher. St Nicholas Catholic Academy 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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