St Columba's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Hillside Road
Huyton
Hillside Road
Liverpool
Merseyside
L36 8BL
Phone 01514778360
Reference Number 104480

General Makeup

Number of pupils 229
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.53%
Girls: 48.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 65.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 9 28
2 14 16 30
3 14 16 30
4 15 15 30
5 12 14 26
6 13 11 24

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83%
White, Other 5.7%
African 4.4%
Asian, Other 1.7%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-12-11
Date Description Report
2024-11-12 School inspection School inspection
2020-03-03 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-02-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-09-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-09-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-11-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-05-06 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 48% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103 Unlock Unlock
Maths 104 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2 Unlock Unlock
Writing -1.2 Unlock Unlock
Maths -0.2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 13 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Knowsley Lane Primary School
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0.16 miles
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0.36 miles
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0.74 miles
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NexGen Academy
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