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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

URN
104649
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
URN
104649
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
2-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

85 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

90

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of primary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#5 of 85 schools in Liverpool

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
18 May 2023
Inspection date
22 March 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 18 May 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

27

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

54

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

27

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Liverpool
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Liverpool)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
stcuthberts.school

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Liverpool to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

97.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

83.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

90.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

83.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

L13 2BA - 30 Church Road, Liverpool, Merseyside

Contact details

Address
30 Church Road, Liverpool, Merseyside
Postcode
L13 2BA
Phone
1512284137
Website
stcuthberts.school
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Liverpool
Local authority code
341

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 503 schools in Liverpool.

Authority statistics

Total schools

503

Open schools

192

Closed schools

309

Primary schools

326

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    18 May 202322 March 2023-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 18 May 2023
    • School remains Good

      Published
      18 May 2023
      Inspected
      22 March 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    50.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 26

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    66

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary326 (65.6%)
    • Secondary66 (13.3%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other105 (21.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Selkirk Independent School247 mNot applicableClosed
    St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School452 mPrimaryOpen
    Birchfield County Infant School538 mPrimaryClosed
    Allenby Square Nursery School575 mNurseryClosed
    Birchfield Primary School627 mPrimaryClosed
    Phoenix Primary School627 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's CofE Primary School744 mPrimaryClosed
    Broadgreen County Infant School749 mPrimaryClosed
    Central Liverpool Pupil Referral Unit749 mNot applicableClosed
    Finchlea School749 mNot applicableClosed
    • Selkirk Independent School
      Distance
      247 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School
      Distance
      452 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Birchfield County Infant School
      Distance
      538 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Allenby Square Nursery School
      Distance
      575 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Liverpool)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alderwood Infant SchoolPrimaryL24 2UEClosed
    Alderwood Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolPrimaryL24 2UEClosed
    Alderwood Junior SchoolPrimaryL24 2UEClosed
    All Saints Catholic Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimaryL4 2QGClosed
    All Saints Catholic Junior SchoolPrimaryL6 0BDClosed
    • Alderwood Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L24 2UE
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderwood Junior Mixed and Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L24 2UE
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderwood Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L24 2UE
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints Catholic Infant and Nursery School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L4 2QG
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints Catholic Junior School
    Birchfield Primary School
    Distance
    627 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phoenix Primary School
    Distance
    627 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    744 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Broadgreen County Infant School
    Distance
    749 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Central Liverpool Pupil Referral Unit
    Distance
    749 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Finchlea School
    Distance
    749 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    L6 0BD
    Status
    Closed