Christ The King Catholic Primary School

Christ The King Catholic Primary School is performing well overall. Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils’ personal development and well-being are a standout strength: the school provides a broad, well-structured programme, strong spiritual and moral development, wide enrichment and leadership opportunities, and effective support for pupils’ mental health and attendance. Pupils are calm, respectful and eager to learn, and relationships with staff are positive. The curriculum, early years provision, inclusion, attendance and behaviour, and leadership and governance are all secure. Pupils read well, achieve strongly in national tests overall, and disadvantaged pupils generally perform better than disadvantaged pupils nationally. Leaders support staff well, governors fulfil their duties, and pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported to learn alongside their peers. The main area needing attention is achievement in writing. Some pupils’ grammar, spelling and handwriting are not secure, and foundational writing skills are not developed fully by the end of key stage 1. Some staff do not consistently check prior knowledge before introducing new learning, which can leave gaps for disadvantaged pupils, and some pupils who find learning harder, including pupils with SEND, spend too long on simple tasks. Leaders have begun work to address writing, but it is too early to judge the impact.

Strengths

• Personal development and well-being are a standout strength of the school.
• The personal development programme is broad, age-appropriate and responsive to pupils’ views.
• Pupils show strong spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
• Pupils take on leadership roles and develop a strong sense of social responsibility.
• A wide range of clubs, trips and enrichment activities is accessible to all pupils.
• Pupils are calm, respectful and eager to learn in a caring environment.
• Bullying is infrequent and dealt with decisively.
• The curriculum is rich, relevant and supported by strong reading and mathematics provision.
• Early years children settle quickly and develop language and vocabulary well.
• Inclusion is strong, with effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Leaders provide high-quality professional development and support staff well-being.
• Governors fulfil their statutory duties and monitor key school priorities.
• Attendance is good and persistent absence is below the national average.
• Pupils achieve well in reading, mathematics and national tests, with disadvantaged pupils generally outperforming disadvantaged pupils nationally.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement in writing needs attention, particularly grammar, spelling and handwriting.
• Foundational writing skills are not developed fully by the end of key stage 1.
• Some staff do not check pupils’ prior knowledge before introducing new learning, leaving gaps for some disadvantaged pupils.
• Some pupils who find learning harder, including pupils with SEND, spend too long on simple tasks and miss important learning.
• It is too early to judge the impact of leaders’ recent actions to improve writing.
• Governors are less clear about how pupil premium spending affects the academic achievement of eligible pupils.

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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.8% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Christ The King 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.2% of pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School received £6,072 and spent £6,059 for each of its 414 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £112,000 (£270 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ The King Catholic Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Christ The King Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Christ The King Catholic Primary School have?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School has 414 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ The King Catholic Primary School cover?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Christ The King Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ The King Catholic Primary School?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School is at Meadway, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 7LZ.