St Paul's Catholic Junior School

St Paul's Catholic Junior School demonstrates a strong commitment to safeguarding and fostering a positive environment for students. While pupils generally attend regularly and display positive behaviour, significant concerns persist regarding their overall achievement and progress in key subjects such as English and mathematics. Furthermore, there are inconsistencies in teaching quality across the curriculum, resulting in varied learning experiences for students. Despite these challenges, the school embodies a nurturing atmosphere where pupils are encouraged to develop personally and socially, instilling values of kindness and responsibility.

Strengths

• Strong focus on safeguarding and supportive culture.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with diverse needs.
• Clear commitment to the personal development of students.
• Broad range of extracurricular activities enhancing pupil engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Low overall achievement and progress in key subjects.
• Inconsistencies in the implementation of the curriculum.
• Insufficient evaluation of teaching quality by leaders.
• Disadvantaged pupils do not achieve as well as their peers.

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 Paul's Catholic Junior School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.9% 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, 1.0% of pupils at St Paul's Catholic Junior 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 Paul's Catholic Junior School had 23.1 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, 19.8% of pupils at St Paul's Catholic Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 Paul's Catholic Junior School received £6,169 and spent £6,059 for each of its 500 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £233,000 (£465 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 Paul's Catholic Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's Catholic Junior School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was St Paul's Catholic Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's Catholic Junior School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does St Paul's Catholic Junior School have?

St Paul's Catholic Junior School has 500 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's Catholic Junior School cover?

St Paul's Catholic Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are St Paul's Catholic Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's Catholic Junior School?

St Paul's Catholic Junior School is at Spring Grove, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 8SJ.