Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, showing a good standard of education across key areas. Pupils express happiness and pride in their school, benefiting from a warm and welcoming environment that emphasizes respect and inclusivity. The school has high expectations for its pupils, and many achieve well, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Staff relationships with students are positive, contributing to effective learning experiences supported by an ambitious curriculum. While the school has addressed specific improvements needed in pupil performance in recent assessments, particularly in writing and mathematics, some gaps were acknowledged prior to the inspection. The leadership has shown dedication to remedy these issues and has identified a need to refine assessment strategies in a few subjects to ensure that all pupils acquire necessary knowledge effectively. Nonetheless, the school's leadership and management are strong, contributing positively to staff morale and student outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive relationships with staff and feel happy in school.
• The school has high expectations for all pupils' achievements.
• A broad and ambitious curriculum benefits all students, including those with SEND.
• Staff receive appropriate training to effectively deliver the curriculum.
• Reading has a high profile, with a variety of high-quality texts available.
• Effective communication and relationships with parents are established.
• Pupils contribute positively to school and community life through leadership roles.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, assessment strategies do not effectively check what pupils have learned.

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 Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.8% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Our Lady Immaculate 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 Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.2% 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, 23.7% of pupils at Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School received £9,457 and spent £9,374 for each of its 364 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £293,000 (£806 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 Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School have?

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School has 376 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School cover?

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School?

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School is at Northumberland Terrace, Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L5 3QF.