St Albert's Catholic Primary School

About St Albert's Catholic Primary School

St Albert's Catholic Primary School in Liverpool holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspections. The school's most informative exam metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, where 59% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school just one percentage point below the local authority average of 60%, meaning it performs broadly in line with other primary schools in Knowsley. Nationally, the school ranks in the 60th percentile for this measure, and within Liverpool it sits 53rd out of 102 primary schools. The school's Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, but the average scaled scores — 108 in maths and 107 in reading — are both above the national baseline of 100, suggesting pupils typically arrive with solid foundations and leave with secure core skills.

A closer look at the KS2 results reveals some variation across subjects. While 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths and 74% in reading, only 67% did so in writing, and the proportion achieving the higher standard in writing was just 7% — the same as the combined higher rate for reading, writing and maths. In reading, 37% of pupils hit the higher standard, and 30% did so in maths. The school's Ofsted report from November 2021, an ungraded inspection, confirmed that the school remains Good, with leadership and management also rated Good. The previous graded inspection in 2012 gave the same overall effectiveness rating, and the 2006 inspection also rated the school Good, so there is a consistent track record of solid provision. The school serves a community with high levels of disadvantage — 59.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals — which makes its broadly average outcomes a notable achievement.

St Albert's is a Roman Catholic primary for children aged 2 to 11, with nursery provision on site. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 35 applications for 20 places, with 16 offers made to first-preference families. The school offers a wide range of facilities including a chapel, forest school, music rooms, ICT suite, gymnasium, sports hall and playing fields. Sports on offer include rounders, gymnastics, netball, tennis, athletics, cross country and swimming, and there are clubs for science, coding and chess. The school has a strong SEND offer, with provisions for autistic spectrum disorder, speech, language and communication needs, social, emotional and mental health difficulties, dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties and multi-sensory impairment. This is a school that suits families looking for a faith-based primary with a broad curriculum, strong pastoral support and a track record of consistent, if not outstanding, academic outcomes.

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