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St Charles' Catholic Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 196 pupils Liverpool
Ofsted: Good
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St Charles' Catholic Academy is an academy converter in Liverpool for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 196 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Charles' Catholic Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2023 of its predecessor, St Charles' Catholic Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: June 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Tramway Road
Aigburth
Liverpool
Merseyside
L17 7JA
Reference Number 151673

General Makeup

Number of pupils 196
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50%
Girls: 50%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 10 23
2 9 14 23
3 15 11 26
4 15 9 24
5 13 15 28
6 16 14 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.1%
White, Other 7.1%
African 2.6%
White & Black (African) 2%
White & Asian 1.5%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Charles' Catholic Primary School, inspected in February 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Jun 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 1
Third Preference 12 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Charles' Catholic Academy had 171 pupils for 210 places. 39 places (18.6%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “ST MICHAEL'S Primary” planning area

Liverpool counted 65 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 77 in 2029–30, up 18%.

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 2025–26 St Charles' Catholic Academy had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 14.6
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 18.4% of pupils at St Charles' Catholic Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 12 4
Speech, language and communication needs 8 0
Social, emotional and mental health 7 0
Specific learning difficulty 5 0
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Severe learning difficulty 1 1

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.

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St Charles' Catholic Academy is part of St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

What is St Charles' Catholic Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Charles' Catholic Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2023 of its predecessor, St Charles' Catholic Primary School.

When was St Charles' Catholic Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Charles' Catholic Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does St Charles' Catholic Academy have?

St Charles' Catholic Academy has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Charles' Catholic Academy cover?

St Charles' Catholic Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is St Charles' Catholic Academy?

St Charles' Catholic Academy is at Tramway Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside, L17 7JA.

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