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St Aidan's Catholic Primary School

Liverpool, L36 7XR · Knowsley · primary school

Ofsted report card · 2026 Lowest area: Needs attention Mixed Primary Roman Catholic
1.2/10 Well below average

47th of 48 primary schools in Knowsley we can score, 50 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 1.2/10 against 1,879 of them, against 1.4/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 48.0 · 16 40% 0.65
Ofsted 7 35% 0.25
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 0.0 · 10 25% 0.26

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 48.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 0.0% reached the higher standard. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (1.2 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.4 out of 10 against all schools). Ofsted rated the school Good in February 2026.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join a Lego Therapy club and learn swimming. The school offers an after-school club but does not run a breakfast club.

Getting in. There are 220 pupils in a school with 243 places, leaving 23 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who are not reaching the expected standard in maths? What specific activities take place during the after-school club? How does the school manage the transition for children arriving without prior breakfast club experience?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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