Pleasant Street Primary SchoolHoly Cross Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Liverpool.

Summary of the comparison

Pleasant Street Primary School and Holy Cross Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Liverpool.

  • Pleasant Street Primary School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Holy Cross Catholic Primary School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average). Pleasant Street Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Pleasant Street Primary School was judged Good and Holy Cross Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 64.0% for Pleasant Street Primary School and 52.0% for Holy Cross Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Pleasant Street Primary School (57.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (41.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Pleasant Street Primary School versus Holy Cross Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LiverpoolPleasant Street Primary SchoolLiverpoolHoly Cross Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC66/100Stronger figureC61/100
Local ranking27th of 106 in Liverpool Stronger figure40th of 106 in Liverpool
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll225 192
Capacity260 195
LocationLiverpool, L3 5TS Liverpool, L3 2DU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard64.0% Stronger figure52.0% 62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census239 219
Free school meals (ever 6)40.0% 43.5%
English as an additional language66.1% 51.6%
SEN support20.1% 23.7%
SEN with an EHC plan4.2% 1.8%
Attendance
Overall absence3.9% Stronger figure7.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence12.2% Stronger figure17.3% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Pleasant Street Primary School

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

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