St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School demonstrates a strong overall performance across various domains. The school has established a culture of safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported. With high levels of respect and self-discipline observed in pupils, the school fosters a nurturing environment that enhances learning outcomes. The curriculum is well-designed and ambitious, allowing pupils to develop essential knowledge and skills. Notably, disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs are well supported, resulting in their successful academic achievement. Despite some areas for improvement, such as consistency in recall of multiplication facts and early writing skills, the leadership team's commitment to high standards and continuous development is evident.

Strengths

• Strong academic performance with above national average outcomes in core subjects.
• High-quality and ambitious curriculum that supports all pupils effectively.
• Effective tracking of attendance leading to improved rates, especially among disadvantaged pupils.
• Inclusive culture that effectively supports disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Strong leadership fostering a culture of growth and high aspiration.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement can improve further in areas such as the Year 4 multiplication times table check.
• Consistent mastery of foundational writing skills for early years children needs attention.

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 Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery 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 Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School had 21.9 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, 19.5% of pupils at St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.8% 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 St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School received £7,988 and spent £7,777 for each of its 232 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £279,000 (£1,203 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 Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School have?

St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School has 236 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School cover?

St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School?

St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is at Lugsdale Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6DD.