Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have established clear systems for checking pupils' attendance."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an effective curriculum to meet the children's needs."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), disadvantaged pupils and those who face other barriers to their learning."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a well-structured programme to promote pupils' personal development."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils are increasingly well prepared for the next stage of their education."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Weaknesses in the teaching of writing mean that many pupils do not secure the foundations they need, such as in handwriting, spelling and sentence construction."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders have identified actions in the right areas to improve the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen the teaching of writing so that pupils secure fluent handwriting and sentence composition, leading to improved published outcomes"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently identify and address any gaps in pupils' knowledge across the curriculum, so that pupils retain key knowledge and are well prepared for the next steps of learning"; "Leaders, including governors, should ensure that they have a thorough oversight of all aspects of the school's work and routinely evaluate the impact of the school's improvement strategies to ensure that pupils achieve as well as they should".

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Sefton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 36% in reading and 50% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 14 families put Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 28 named it as one of their preferences, for 15 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School are Hatton Hill Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 71% reading, 73% maths); Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles); English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 73% reading, 82% maths); and Forefield Junior School (0.7 miles, 89% reading, 81% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School.

57.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 57 pupils (37.3%) received SEN support and 13 (8.5%) 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 autism.

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Seaforth & Litherland Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Farm View (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 254 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School are Litherland High School (0.6 miles), Chesterfield High School (0.7 miles), Sacred Heart Catholic Academy (0.9 miles) and The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco (1.1 miles).