Ladymount Catholic Primary School

Ladymount Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness rating of good. The school fosters a welcoming environment where pupils feel valued and supported, leading to outstanding behaviour and attitudes among students. Pupils demonstrate strong relationships with staff and a sound understanding of their responsibilities in the school community. The quality of education, while generally good, does have areas that need improvement, particularly regarding some subject curriculums that lack clear learning objectives, leading to gaps in knowledge for a few students. The school's efforts to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are commendable, ensuring good progress among these students.

Strengths

• Exceptional pupil behaviour and manners.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff.
• Well-developed curriculums in most subjects.
• Effective teaching of early reading and phonics.
• Broad range of extracurricular activities.
• Outstanding emphasis on personal development and British values.
• High-quality musical education with all key stage 2 pupils learning an instrument.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject curriculums do not provide clear learning expectations.
• A few early years activities do not fully prepare children for Year 1.

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 Ladymount Catholic Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Ladymount 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 Ladymount Catholic Primary School had 24.6 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, 9.5% of pupils at Ladymount Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Ladymount Catholic Primary School received £6,480 and spent £6,867 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,000 (£3 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 Ladymount Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ladymount Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Ladymount Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ladymount Catholic Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Ladymount Catholic Primary School have?

Ladymount Catholic Primary School has 241 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ladymount Catholic Primary School cover?

Ladymount Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ladymount Catholic Primary School?

Ladymount Catholic Primary School is at Portal Road, Pensby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 5YD.