St Brigid's Catholic Primary School

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School is a calm, safe and close-knit school where pupils are happy, eager to learn and behave extremely well. Inspectors found a broad and ambitious curriculum that is generally delivered well, strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, an embedded phonics programme and a reading culture, and outstanding early years provision. Safeguarding is effective, and leadership, governance and quality assurance are strong. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• Calm, safe and welcoming environment where pupils are happy and eager to learn
• Pupils behave extremely well and show excellent attitudes to learning
• Broad and ambitious curriculum is generally delivered well with effective checking for understanding
• Strong support for pupils with SEND enables them to learn independently and succeed
• Outstanding early years provision with a sharp focus on speech, language and communication
• Well-embedded phonics programme and a strong culture of reading
• Effective personal development, including British values and online safety
• Robust leadership, governance and quality assurance support improvement
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Writing in key stages 1 and 2 is weakened by gaps in grammar, punctuation and spelling
• The writing curriculum has not given sufficient time or focus to fundamental writing skills
• Persistent absence remains high, particularly among disadvantaged pupils, so some miss important curriculum and personal development opportunities

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Brigid's Catholic Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.5% of pupils at St Brigid's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Brigid's Catholic Primary School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 26.4% of pupils at St Brigid's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Brigid's Catholic Primary School received £9,204 and spent £9,430 for each of its 242 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £93,000 (£387 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Brigid's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Brigid's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was St Brigid's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does St Brigid's Catholic Primary School have?

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School has 254 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Brigid's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Brigid's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Brigid's Catholic Primary School?

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School is at Waterpark Drive, Stockbridge Village, Liverpool, Merseyside, L28 7RE.