St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery | School performance

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

238

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

238

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

238

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 20/01/2015

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLiverpool

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery · Primary · Liverpool

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

63%

-8pp

90%77%63%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 63%

RWM higher standard

-20pp

26%16%6%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 6%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

69%

Reading higher standard

19%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

31%

Maths expected standard

69%

Maths higher standard

16%

Science expected standard

81%

SPAG expected standard

78%

SPAG higher standard

38%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

106.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

238

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

31%

FSM eligible

38%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Holly Road, Liverpool, L7 0LH

Local authority

Liverpool

Website

www.stsebastiansliverpool.co.uk

Telephone

01512609697

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	63%	6%	69%	19%	78%	31%	69%	16%	81%	78%	103.0	103.0	106.0	—	—	—	21%	238
2023/24	71%	26%	87%	61%	90%	45%	81%	29%	94%	90%	109.0	106.0	110.0	—	—	—	24%	242
2022/23	84%	19%	90%	45%	90%	32%	87%	35%	90%	90%	109.0	106.0	109.0	+6.00	+6.20	+3.80	23%	248
2018/19	90%	14%	100%	38%	90%	28%	97%	34%	90%	90%	109.0	109.0	111.0	+5.80	+2.80	+4.30	23%	265
2017/18	83%	21%	93%	41%	90%	28%	97%	55%	93%	97%	109.0	110.0	113.0	+2.00	-0.40	+3.60	19%	254
2016/17	83%	17%	100%	59%	83%	21%	97%	66%	86%	97%	110.0	111.0	114.0	+6.00	+1.10	+6.70	24%	261

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	238	23.4	21%	31%	38%	6%	15%
2023/24	242	21.5	24%	27%	33%	5%	14%
2022/23	248	23.2	23%	23%	31%	5%	13%
2021/22	237	24.9	19%	19%	27%	5%	10%
2020/21	241	21.3	20%	18%	24%	—	—
2018/19	265	22.4	23%	18%	24%	3%	3%
2017/18	254	23.9	19%	18%	28%	3%	3%
2016/17	261	21.4	24%	16%	28%	3%	4%