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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Darren McCann

location_onSouthport, PR8 4LT

language Visit Website phone 1704568375

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

486

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Expected Standard

57%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Southport, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 60% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Southport, Sefton, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 486 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 5% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #30 of 75 primaries in Sefton and #6,891 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.9:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 13.0%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading70% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing75% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths66% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

59%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading77% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing69% LA 69% · Eng 71%

Maths68% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.4

Read

LA 0.4

-1.0 to 1.8

-0.5

Write

LA -0.1

-1.9 to 0.8

-1.5

Maths

LA -0.2

-2.8 to -0.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

51%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading76% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing56% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths73% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.8

Read

LA -0.1

0.4 to 3.1

-3.9

Write

LA -0.6

-5.2 to -2.6

-0.1

Maths

LA 0.1

-1.3 to 1.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

61%

LA 65%

Reading74% LA 77%

Writing79% LA 77%

Maths74% LA 78%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.2

Read

LA 1.0

-1.1 to 1.5

0.7

Write

LA 0.0

-0.5 to 1.9

-0.8

Maths

LA 0.9

-2 to 0.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

09 July 2019

Inspection Report

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24 June 2015

Inspection Report

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11 July 2012

Inspection Report

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02 March 2009

Inspection Report

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15 March 2006

Inspection Report

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26 June 2000

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2019-07-09

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2015-06-24

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2012-07-11

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 477 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	477	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	469	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	453	1	0.2%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	510	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	486	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	466	1	0.2%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	521	3	0.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	516	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	489	2	0.4%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	533	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	523	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	512	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	520	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	520	5	1.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	518	5	1.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	558	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	550	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	534	4	0.7%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	575	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	567	2	0.4%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	563	10	1.8%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	598	1	0.2%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	583	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	574	1	0.2%	0.5%