Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Holy Family Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious and knowledge-rich curriculum."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years is a joyful, language‑rich environment where children, most of whom join the school at an early stage of learning English, make strong progress from their low starting points."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders ensure that pupils' needs are assessed precisely, accurately and at the earliest opportunity."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders and governors have high expectations for learning, behaviour and attendance."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have ensured that there is a well-designed personal development programme which helps pupils to understand important concepts and prepares them well for the next stage of their education."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, pupils learn the curriculum well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance for all pupils in the school is close to national averages."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should work with staff to ensure gaps in pupils' knowledge are addressed swiftly so that pupils achieve outcomes in national tests which are consistently in line with or above national averages for all groups of pupils"; "Leaders should continue to review and refine their procedures for tackling pupil absence so that recent improvements in attendance rates are sustained for all groups of pupils".

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 69% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 21 families put Holy Family Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 28 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are St Cleopas' Church of England Primary Academy (0.3 miles, 78% reading, 78% maths); St Silas Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 74% reading, 64% maths); St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 90% reading, 90% maths); and Windsor Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 46% reading, 57% maths).

Holy Family Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

58.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 78.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are other ethnic groups (53%), Black (16%) and White British (14%).

In 2026, 50 pupils (23.9%) received SEN support and 7 (3.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Brunswick Rail Station, about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Upper Park Street (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holy Family Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 520 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Holy Family Catholic Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are The Belvedere Academy (0.6 miles); Liverpool Life Sciences UTC (0.7 miles); The Studio School Liverpool (0.7 miles); and King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool (0.8 miles).