St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Wallasey, Wirral·CH44 5XB
Composite score
42.4
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#10,093
National rank
#1478
In North West
#42
In Wirral
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
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%
7 first choices, 8 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
27
any preference, for 8 places

Every child who put St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
236
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£3,432
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Wallasey, Wirral, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 236 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% 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 2.0 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 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 7 families who put it first were offered a place. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% 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 Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 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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