Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Knowsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry55 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2023 1.9; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2019 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2018 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2016 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2015 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.8
- This school
- Knowsley median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 48 | 1.8 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 49 | 1.9 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 28 | 46 | 1.6 | 24 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 47 | 1.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 43 | 1.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 23 | 38 | 1.7 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 | 26 | 36 | 1.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 25 | 36 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 23 | 41 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 63% · Maths 56% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Knowsley median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 52% | 7% | 103 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 4% | 102 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 7% | 103 | 104 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Columba's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · Knowsley20262.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Knowsley20261.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · KnowsleyOutstanding20233.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · KnowsleyGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · KnowsleyGood20241.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Knowsley20261.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- Graded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · KnowsleyGood20231.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 104480 · 340/3357
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 249 pupils · 224 on roll
- Free school meals
- 53.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Hillside Road, Huyton, Hillside Road, Liverpool, L36 8BL
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources