Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Southport, Sefton·PR8 4LT
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1734
In North West
#50
In Sefton
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
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
100%
48 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 52 places

Every child who put Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
452
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
10.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,067
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Southport, Sefton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 452 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on 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 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 52 Reception places. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic 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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