St Aidan's Catholic Primary SchoolWillow Tree Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Aidan's Catholic Primary School and Willow Tree Primary School are primary schools in Liverpool.

  • St Aidan's Catholic Primary School scores 35 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Willow Tree Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Willow Tree Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Aidan's Catholic Primary School was judged the expected standard and Willow Tree 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 48.0% for St Aidan's Catholic Primary School and 56.0% for Willow Tree Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (35.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Willow Tree Primary School (57.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Aidan's Catholic Primary School versus Willow Tree Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LiverpoolSt Aidan's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpoolWillow Tree Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF35/100C67/100Stronger figure
Local ranking47th of 49 in Knowsley 12th of 49 in Knowsley Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll220 176
Capacity243 201
LocationLiverpool, L36 7XR Liverpool, L36 1XH
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard48.0% 56.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score99.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census216 189
Free school meals (ever 6)42.4% 71.4%
English as an additional language9.7% 8.5%
SEN support18.5% 24.9%
SEN with an EHC plan4.2% 3.7%
Attendance
Overall absence7.2% Stronger figure8.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence23.7% Stronger figure31.6% 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.

St Aidan's Catholic Primary School

Willow Tree Primary School

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