St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School, Liverpool
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Margaret Mary's provides a safe, nurturing environment where pupils thrive. Teachers have high expectations and use the curriculum creatively through topic work and visits from specialists like artists in residence. The school is particularly successful at supporting disadvantaged pupils and those with additional needs, ensuring every child has equal opportunities to succeed.
Key Strengths
- Teaching is good overall and pupils are making good and improving progress - standards are above average by the end of Year 6
- Leadership is strong with the acting headteacher, senior staff, middle leaders and governors working effectively as a team
- Pupils feel safe and secure, behave well and show very positive attitudes to learning
- The school uses pupil premium funding effectively to support disadvantaged pupils, with achievement gaps closing rapidly
- Pupils with disabilities and special educational needs are provided for well and achieve well
Areas for Improvement
- Some teaching does not have as strong an impact on pupils' achievement as it should be
- Work is sometimes not matched well enough to pupils' different needs and abilities - occasionally too hard or too easy
- The quality of marking varies across classes and pupils are not always given opportunities to improve their work based on teacher feedback
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with all necessary checks on adults in place, regular staff and governor training in child protection updated regularly, and caring support provided for vulnerable pupils and those with special educational needs.
Extracurricular Activities
After-school sports and physical education activities, competitive sporting events, working with visiting specialists such as an artist in residence
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School is a good school that has been successfully led through a recent change in headship. The acting headteacher has strengthened systems for checking pupils' progress and teaching quality, resulting in increasingly good achievement.
At a Glance
37.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 85%. Maths has improved from 84% to 88%. Writing has improved from 79% to 83%.
Class Sizes
29.1
Avg class size
29.1
KS2
14
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
457 pupils
480 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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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.57057%
Overall absence
14.73684%
Persistent absence
475
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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