St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolGreat Crosby Catholic Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School and Great Crosby Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Liverpool.

  • St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Great Crosby Catholic Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School was judged Good and Great Crosby 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 69.0% for St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School and 53.0% for Great Crosby Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School (79.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Great Crosby Catholic Primary School (52.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School versus Great Crosby Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LiverpoolSt Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpoolGreat Crosby Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB75/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking6th of 73 in Sefton Stronger figure36th of 73 in Sefton
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll222 744
Capacity210 760
LocationLiverpool, L23 2TB Liverpool, L23 2RQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard69.0% Stronger figure53.0% 62.0%
At higher standard10.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census222 744
Free school meals (ever 6)16.1% 9.3%
English as an additional language0.5% 4.3%
SEN support11.7% 11.3%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 0.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% Stronger figure4.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence10.3% 9.0% Stronger figure15.8%

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 Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School

Great Crosby Catholic Primary School

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