St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter · Primary school · Wallasey, Wirral
CH44 5XB
Composite score
42.4

School overview

St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Wallasey, Wirral, classified by the DfE as an academy converter 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). 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 further down the page.

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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

School profile

Pupils on roll 236 % FSM ever-6 36.9% % EAL 5.5% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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