St Ambrose Catholic Academy

Alderfield Drive, Speke, Liverpool, L24 7SF

Local ranking82nd of 106 primary schools in Liverpool

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

236

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from St Ambrose Catholic Primary School (URN 104672) since 31 March 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 25 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour & attitudes: Good
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership & management: Good
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 72.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 3.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 86.0%
Writing (Expected): 72.0%
Maths (Expected): 72.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 76.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 104.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 103.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 104.0
Cohort Size: 29

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 204
Boys: 94 (52%)
Girls: 87 (48%)
Capacity: 236 (77% full)
SEND: 25.5%
FSM Eligible: 71.9%
EAL: 18.1%
SEN with EHC Plan: 3.4%
SEN Support: 22.1%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 17.8:1
Teachers (FTE): 11.0
Budget per Pupil: £8,689/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 6.5% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 24.4% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Roman Catholic
Nursery: Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 74.0%
White Other: 8.8%
Asian Indian: 4.4%
Black African: 2.9%
Other: 2.9%
Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
Mixed Other: 2.5%
Black Other: 1.0%

74.0%

White British

8.8%

White Other

4.4%

Asian Indian

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01514252306

tmoorcroft@stambrose.sjcmat.co.uk

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Alderfield Drive

Liverpool, North West

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Administrative

URN: 149133
UKPRN: 10090472
Establishment No.: 2049
Trust: ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

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