St John's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Fountains Road
Kirkdale
Liverpool
Merseyside
L4 1UN
Phone 01519221924
Reference Number 132796

General Makeup

Number of pupils 510
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.24%
Girls: 51.76%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 36.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 28.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 31 29 60
2 25 34 59
3 35 25 60
4 25 30 55
5 26 32 58
6 31 25 56

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 64.5%
White, Other 10.4%
African 5.3%
Mixed, Other 4.3%
Asian, Other 3.3%
Chinese 2.5%
Indian 1.6%
Irish 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2025-01-22
Date Description Report
2024-11-19 School inspection School inspection
2023-06-21 School inspection School inspection
2016-01-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-03-28 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2011-07-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-06-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-04-01 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2008-11-12 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2008-06-18 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2008-01-30 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2007-09-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-07-07 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 78% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 13% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106 Unlock Unlock
Maths 105 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.1 Unlock Unlock
Writing 3.8 Unlock Unlock
Maths 2.2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 30 4
Third Preference 17 1
From another Local Authority 3 0

Previous Years

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