St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Aidan's excels at making pupils feel happy, secure and included. The school provides excellent opportunities for personal development, from sports clubs and music lessons to residential trips and pupil leadership roles. Staff know pupils well and provide high levels of care, particularly supporting those with special educational needs or facing barriers to learning.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development and wellbeing programme with excellent opportunities for enrichment and pupil leadership
- Effective teaching of phonics and reading, with younger pupils developing strong early literacy skills
- Inclusive practice that ensures disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND receive timely support and participate fully in school life
- Calm, nurturing environment with positive behaviour and rare bullying
- Good pastoral support and bespoke interventions tailored to individual pupil needs
Areas for Improvement
- Achievement at key stage 2 remains below national average - older pupils have gaps in reading, writing and mathematics knowledge
- Number fluency needs strengthening for some older pupils to access more complex learning
- Attendance remains a concern, particularly for disadvantaged pupils who continue to miss too much school
- Recent curriculum improvements have had limited time to impact all year groups and subject areas
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
After-school sports clubs, musical instrument lessons, class trips to zoo and wildlife park, Year 6 residential trip, singing to live audiences, pupil leadership roles (play leaders, house captains)
St Aidan's is a nurturing and inclusive Catholic primary school where pupils feel happy and secure. However, achievement at key stage 2 has been below the national average for the past 3 years, and leaders are working to address gaps in pupils' knowledge.
At a Glance
38.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 57% to 72%. Maths has remained stable at around 52%. Writing has remained stable at around 64%.
Class Sizes
23.4
Avg class size
25.7
Infant (KS1)
28.5
KS2
9
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
91%
Near capacity
220 pupils
243 capacity
23 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Liverpool
Admissions Demand - Knowsley
Places available
2,090
Applications
1,845
Got 1st preference
90.3%
Got preferred school
97.1%
Primary admissions across Knowsley (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.16527%
Overall absence
23.69942%
Persistent absence
173
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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