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St Paul's Catholic Primary School

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

personMrs Chris Fenna

location_onPrenton, CH43 7TE

language Visit Website phone 1516527828

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2017

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Students

113

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Expected Standard

53%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Paul's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Prenton, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 76% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Paul's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Prenton, Wirral, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 111 pupils on roll, of whom 68% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #54 of 74 primaries in Wirral and #11,897 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.4 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 53%

Reading87% LA 69%

Writing60% LA 63%

Maths87% LA 65%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 50%England 61%

Reading79% LA 68% · Eng 74%

Writing64% LA 63% · Eng 72%

Maths64% LA 62% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

45%

LA 52%England 60%

Reading73% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing45% LA 64% · Eng 71%

Maths45% LA 64% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.9

Read

LA -0.2

-4.8 to 3.0

-3.2

Write

LA -0.8

-6.9 to 0.6

-3.6

Maths

LA -0.7

-7.2 to 0.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

55%

LA 56%England 65%

Reading55% LA 65% · Eng 73%

Writing55% LA 70% · Eng 78%

Maths64% LA 70% · Eng 79%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.5

Read

LA -0.7

-7.2 to 0.1

-5.1

Write

LA -1.1

-8.4 to -1.7

-3.3

Maths

LA -0.7

-6.4 to -0.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

22%

LA 56%

Reading67% LA 70%

Writing56% LA 72%

Maths22% LA 67%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.1

Read

LA -0.4

-4.1 to 4.3

-1.5

Write

LA -0.6

-5.5 to 2.5

-4.7

Maths

LA -0.8

-8.5 to -0.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

06 April 2022

Inspection Report

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28 March 2017

Inspection Report

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17 April 2013

Inspection Report

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29 March 2011

Inspection Report

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25 November 2009

Inspection Report

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27 June 2007

Inspection Report

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24 February 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2017-03-28

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2013-04-17

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2009-11-25

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

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)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 111 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
2024/25 (Spring term)	111	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	114	1	0.9%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	120	2	1.7%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	109	7	6.4%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	107	9	8.4%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	118	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	113	1	0.9%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	110	1	0.9%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	126	2	1.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	116	2	1.7%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	106	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	112	1	0.9%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	110	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	111	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	103	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	103	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	97	5	5.2%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	103	1	1.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	103	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	98	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	106	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	105	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	98	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	108	1	0.9%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	108	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	106	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 24 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 13 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils