Ofsted: Requires improvement trending_up Places Available emoji_events #70 in Sefton public Top 94% UK

Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School

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

personMs Collette Simms

location_onBootle, L30 3SA

language Visit Website phone 1515250395

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2022

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Students

205

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Expected Standard

26%

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Demand Ratio

0.8x

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Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Bootle, serving ages 3-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 94% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Bootle, Sefton, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 205 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 26% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #70 of 75 primaries in Sefton and #14,565 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Requires improvement, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.8× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.9:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 20.0%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 1.5 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

26%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading52% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing52% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths37% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

25%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading43% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing36% LA 69% · Eng 71%

Maths50% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.8

Read

LA 0.4

-3.2 to 1.6

-3.5

Write

LA -0.1

-5.8 to -1.2

-1.2

Maths

LA -0.2

-3.5 to 1.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading67% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing78% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths70% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.7

Read

LA -0.1

-4.1 to 0.7

-0.4

Write

LA -0.6

-2.6 to 1.8

-1.4

Maths

LA 0.1

-3.5 to 0.8

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

64%

LA 65%

Reading76% LA 77%

Writing76% LA 77%

Maths79% LA 78%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA 1.0

-3.9 to 0.7

-3.6

Write

LA 0.0

-5.8 to -1.4

-0.6

Maths

LA 0.9

-2.7 to 1.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

26 April 2022

Inspection Report

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22 May 2019

Inspection Report

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21 April 2015

Inspection Report

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04 July 2013

Inspection Report

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25 April 2013

Inspection Report

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24 February 2010

Inspection Report

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21 May 2007

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2022-04-26

S5 Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2019-05-22

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2015-04-21

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-04-25

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

2.0%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(2 pupils)

Summer term 2024

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

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 199 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.0%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	199	4	2.0%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	196	3	1.5%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	193	2	1.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	210	4	1.9%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	205	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	202	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	219	2	0.9%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	214	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	210	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	223	1	0.4%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	213	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	214	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	225	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	225	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	222	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	240	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	236	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	234	2	0.9%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	242	2	0.8%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	236	2	0.8%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	229	5	2.2%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	232	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	232	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	234	0	0.0%	0.5%	0