Voluntary aided school · Liverpool

St Matthew's Catholic Primary School

4–11Ages
379Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
132793URN

Queens Drive, Walton, Liverpool, L4 8UA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

close to Liverpool median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

100 applications for 59 places · 44th of 104 in Liverpool

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%met the expected standard

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.7applications per place, Reception

close to Liverpool median (1.6) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

100 applications · 59 places offered · 54 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.6
2025 1.9; Liverpool median median 1.6
2024 2.1; Liverpool median median 1.8
2023 2.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
2022 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.6
2021 2.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
2020 2.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2019 2.8; Liverpool median median 1.5
2018 2.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2017 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.6
2016 2.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2015 2.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
2014 1.9; Liverpool median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Liverpool 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	59	100	1.7	54	0.92
Sep 2025	42	81	1.9	38	0.90
Sep 2024	41	84	2.1	38	0.93
Sep 2023	60	123	2.1	61	1.02
Sep 2022	60	103	1.7	51	0.85
Sep 2021	60	127	2.1	60	1.00
Sep 2020	60	139	2.3	76	1.27
Sep 2019	60	166	2.8	93	1.55
Sep 2018	59	135	2.3	72	1.22
Sep 2017	60	104	1.7	54	0.90
Sep 2016	60	133	2.2	71	1.18
Sep 2015	60	127	2.1	73	1.22
Sep 2014	60	113	1.9	50	0.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 80% · Maths 67% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%59th of 103 in Liverpool

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard73%

Liverpool 73% England 78%

Higher standard27%

Liverpool 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard80%

Liverpool 73% England 75%

Greater depth15%

Liverpool 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard67%

Liverpool 74% England 77%

Higher standard23%

Liverpool 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Liverpool median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	57%	7%	106	104
2023/24	71%	0%	106	103
2022/23	46%	3%	105	101

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 Matthew's Catholic Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Broad Square Community Primary School
0.7 km · Liverpool

Good2024

1.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Roscoe Primary School
0.7 km · Liverpool

2026

1.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Pinehurst Primary School
0.9 km · Liverpool

Good2022
Wellesbourne Community Primary School
1.1 km · Liverpool

2026

2.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Leamington Community Primary School
1.1 km · Liverpool

Good2023

1.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Florence Melly Community Primary School
1.2 km · Liverpool

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary Academy
1.3 km · Liverpool

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Monksdown Primary School
1.4 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2023

1.3applications per place 47%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: 132793 · 341/2233
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 379 pupils · 379 on roll
Free school meals: 29.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 23 April 2001
Address: Queens Drive, Walton, Liverpool, L4 8UA
Local authority: Liverpool

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources