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St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Garmoyle Close, Liverpool L15 0DW · mystclares.com · 0151 733 4318
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 33%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Liverpool 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 208
- 99% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 39.8%
- First language not English
- 73.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 17 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 21 | 14 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Liverpool it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼33% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Clare's Catholic Primary School on 25 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 12
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 8% who had a child bullied