St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School, Bootle
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at creating a calm, purposeful learning environment where all pupils achieve exceptionally well. Teachers are highly skilled experts in their subjects and use assessment data brilliantly to address any learning gaps quickly. The school also provides an impressive range of enrichment activities and opportunities for pupils to develop leadership skills while supporting local charities.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional academic achievement across all subjects with expert subject teaching and excellent use of assessment data
- Outstanding behaviour and attitudes throughout the school, established from Nursery onwards
- Highly ambitious and well-designed curriculum that meets the needs of all pupils including those with SEND
- Strong focus on reading from Nursery through to older pupils with a successful reading graduate programme
- High attendance rates and excellent pupil engagement in learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders and staff prioritising pupils' interests and creating an open, positive culture around safeguarding.
Extracurricular Activities
Pop club, football, art, computing, prefects, sports champions, pupil council, careers afternoon, breakfast club
St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School is an outstanding primary school where pupils flourish in a happy, welcoming environment with exceptionally strong relationships between staff and students. The school has the highest expectations for all pupils' academic achievement and provides a highly ambitious curriculum.
At a Glance
14.6%
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 90% to 97%. Maths has improved from 93% to 97%. Writing has remained stable at around 90%.
Class Sizes
29.5
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
112%
Over capacity
236 pupils
210 capacity
26 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Bootle
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Admissions Demand - Sefton
Places available
3,095
Applications
2,536
Got 1st preference
92.8%
Got preferred school
98.5%
Primary admissions across Sefton (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.98191%
Overall absence
4.94505%
Persistent absence
182
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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