St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades St Anne's Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide an extremely well-designed and coherent programme of personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils achieve well as they progress through the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise improving attendance and punctuality for all pupils."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have implemented an ambitious curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children, including those who face barriers to their learning, make a positive start to their early education at St Anne's."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a culture that enables pupils to feel included and high expectations are extended to all."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are responsive to the changing context and increase in proportion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities who attend the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further refine their oversight of pupils' progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), so that the school has clear and detailed evidence to promote even stronger pupil achievement"; "Leaders should support staff, including those in the early years, to close gaps in pupils' writing skills. They should ensure that progress in writing, especially for those pupils who need to catch up, is consistently positive".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, cross-country and dance.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £2.50 per day.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at St Anne's 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 Knowsley and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 84% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 46 families put St Anne's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 104 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Anne's Catholic Primary School are Blacklow Brow School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 97% reading, 100% maths); Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 78% reading, 80% maths); Sylvester Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 65% reading, 71% maths); and St Gabriel's CofE Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 88% reading, 83% maths).

St Anne's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

51 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Anne's Catholic Primary School (as of April 2026): 78% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 22% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (22%).

16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Huyton Rail Station, about 500 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marina Crescent (s-bound), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Anne's Catholic Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Anne's Catholic Primary School are Lord Derby Academy (0.7 miles) and Gateacre School (1.1 miles).