St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B70
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Liverpool, L4 3RX
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Bedford Primary School
Quarry Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 9LJ
Local ranking66th of 73 primary schools in Sefton
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 30 July 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 38.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 52.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 55.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 45.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 56
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 407
- Boys
- 206 (51%)
- Girls
- 201 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (97% full)
- SEND
- 27.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.6%
- EAL
- 27.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.9%
- SEN Support
- 21.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,568/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 57.7%
- White Other: 8.1%
- Other: 7.4%
- Black African: 7.1%
- Asian Other: 5.2%
- Asian Indian: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
57.7%
White British
8.1%
White Other
7.4%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 149829
- UKPRN
- 10092362
- Establishment No.
- 2093
- Trust
- SOUTHPORT LEARNING TRUST
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