St Ambrose Catholic Academy, Liverpool

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In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils at St Ambrose Catholic Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 78% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put St Ambrose Catholic Academy as their first choice and 25 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 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 St Ambrose Catholic Academy are Middlefield Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 76% maths); Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1 mile, Good, 80% reading, 88% maths); St Christopher's Catholic Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 69% reading, 71% maths); and Stockton Wood Community Primary School (1.5 miles, Requires improvement, 64% reading, 68% maths).

St Ambrose Catholic Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

St Ambrose Catholic Academy is one of 11 schools run by St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Ambrose Catholic Academy (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 79% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (57%).

68% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Halewood Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alder Wood Avenue (adjacent), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Ambrose Catholic Academy 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 91 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).

In 2024/25, St Ambrose Catholic Academy issued 11 suspensions, 5.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.