St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F33
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Prenton, CH43 7TE
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Ballantyne Drive, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7XG
Local ranking68th of 81 primary schools in Wirral
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 12 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 27.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 39.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 44.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 37.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 44.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 98.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 62
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 421
- Boys
- 217 (54%)
- Girls
- 187 (46%)
- Capacity
- 420 (96% full)
- SEND
- 31.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 68.4%
- EAL
- 5.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.1%
- SEN Support
- 24.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,691/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.5%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
90.5%
White British
2.9%
White Other
1.2%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ballantyne Drive
Prenton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 131281
- UKPRN
- 10075217
- Establishment No.
- 2001
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