All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School

All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is a welcoming, caring school where pupils are happy and relationships are strong. Inspectors found personal development and early years provision to be particular strengths: children get off to a flying start through a well-designed curriculum, staff focus sharply on vocabulary and communication, and pupils are exceptionally well prepared for Year 1. Reading is prioritised and pupils with SEND, including those in the specially resourced provision for autism and severe learning difficulties, progress well alongside their peers. Safeguarding is effective. There are clear areas for improvement. In some lessons, checks on pupils' learning do not identify gaps or misconceptions before new content is introduced, and spelling, punctuation and handwriting errors are not routinely corrected when pupils write independently. Attendance and punctuality also remain concerns: the school has systems in place and works with families, but barriers are not removed swiftly enough, so many pupils miss valuable learning. Published 2024 Year 6 attainment was significantly below the national average, although the school has identified the reasons and taken effective steps to address weaknesses in the previous curriculum and meet increasing SEND needs. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, following a long period of exemption after its previous outstanding judgement in 2015. Under the current framework the school is not given an overall effectiveness grade. The substantive headteacher is on secondment and works in partnership with the acting headteacher, and the school includes a specially resourced provision currently supporting 38 pupils.

Strengths

• Warm, positive relationships create a welcoming and caring community where pupils are happy.
• Pupils understand and strive to meet the school's high expectations for behaviour.
• Pupils experience an exceptional range of enrichment activities that build contribution and wider-world awareness.
• Personal development is exceptionally strong, including pupils' mature understanding of relationships, equalities and fundamental British values.
• The early years curriculum is carefully thought out and delivered expertly, preparing children exceptionally well for Year 1.
• Staff place a sharp focus on developing vocabulary and communication from the earliest years.
• Reading is prioritised, and pupils become confident readers through effective phonics and timely support.
• Pupils with SEND are skilfully identified and supported, including through well-considered provision, and progress well alongside peers.
• The school supports staff workload and well-being when making changes to provision.
• Governors provide effective support and challenge and are committed to high-quality education for all pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Checks on pupils' learning do not always identify whether prior learning is secure before pupils move on.
• Misconceptions and gaps in pupils' knowledge sometimes go unnoticed and are not quickly addressed.
• Spelling, punctuation and handwriting errors are not routinely identified or addressed when pupils write independently.
• Some pupils continue to repeat the same writing errors over time.
• Systems to address low attendance and punctuality do not identify or remove barriers swiftly enough.
• Many pupils still miss valuable learning because they do not attend regularly enough or arrive late.

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 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.2% 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 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided 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 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.2% 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, 18.7% of pupils at All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 36 pupils.

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 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School received £8,947 and spent £8,927 for each of its 535 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £23,000 (-£42 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 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School have?

All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School has 577 pupils on roll.

What age range does All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School cover?

All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School?

All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is at Oakfield, Anfield, Liverpool, L4 2QG.