St Monica's Catholic Primary School, Bootle

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of our pupils, staff and governors, I am delighted to welcome you to St Monica's Catholic Primary School. It is a great privilege to be Headteacher of such a caring, vibrant and ambitious school - here in the heart of Bootle. At St Monica's, every child is known, valued and encouraged to succeed."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £8.50 per session.

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at St Monica's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Sefton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 80% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 53 families put St Monica's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 110 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Monica's Catholic Primary School are Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 54% reading, 54% maths); Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 66% maths); Linacre Primary School (0.6 miles); and Linacre Primary School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 38% reading, 46% maths).

St Monica's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

38 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Monica's Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 97% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 80% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (80%).

7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 93 pupils (20.9%) received SEN support and 9 (2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Walton (Merseyside) Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Aintree Road (adjacent), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Monica's Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 622 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Monica's Catholic Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Monica's Catholic Primary School are King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes (0.5 miles), Hillside High School (0.6 miles), Alsop High School (0.9 miles) and Archbishop Beck Catholic College (1.1 miles).