Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School is a warm, caring and aspirational primary school where pupils, including children in the early years, are happy, safe and positive about learning. The school has high expectations, an engaging and ambitious curriculum, and strong provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities through its SEN unit. Pupils behave exceptionally well, are respectful and resilient, and benefit from a wide range of experiences that develop their character and prepare them well for the next stage of education. Leadership is strong, staff feel well supported, and governors know the school well. Reading is central to pupils’ learning, early years provision is highly effective, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Attendance is a high priority and is improving. The school is highly inclusive, and pupils with SEND achieve well alongside their peers. The main area to improve is assessment in a small number of subjects where the curriculum has been more recently implemented. In these subjects, staff are not yet as clear about how to check pupils’ understanding and how well learning is building over time, so assessment systems need to be finalised and used consistently. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has a SEN unit and provision for two-year-old children.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, safe and well cared for in a warm and aspirational school.
• Pupils’ behaviour is excellent, with high levels of self-control, maturity and respect.
• The curriculum is engaging and ambitious for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and use it to enthuse and engage pupils.
• Early years provision is exceptionally strong and sets no ceiling on children’s learning.
• Reading is at the centre of pupils’ learning, and pupils become confident and fluent readers.
• The school is highly inclusive, and pupils with SEND achieve well alongside their peers.
• The SEN unit provides well-designed programmes that support vulnerable pupils’ learning and well-being.
• Pupils have access to a rich array of extra-curricular opportunities, including music.
• Pupils’ personal development is outstanding, with strong character development and well-being support.
• Staff are well supported, and governors provide effective challenge and support.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects where the curriculum is newly implemented, assessment systems are not finalised, so staff do not systematically check how well pupils’ learning is building over time.

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 Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.2% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Blessed Sacrament 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 Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.6% 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, 11.0% of pupils at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.9% 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 Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School received £8,027 and spent £7,313 for each of its 690 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £11,000 (-£16 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 Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School have?

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School has 708 pupils on roll.

What age range does Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School cover?

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School?

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School is at Cedar Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 9AF.