Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School

WirralVoluntary aided school

Price Street, Birkenhead, CH41 8DU

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah MurphySchool website ↗Pupils: 470 (capacity: 500)
Ofsted Good
Inspected November 2022
Oversubscribed
92% of first-choice applicants offered a place
36%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected November 2022
92%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 30 November 2022Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
36.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 61%·Writing 49%·Maths 53%All three 36%
Reading
Expected61%
Exceeding15%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected49%
Exceeding7%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected53%
Exceeding12%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
59
How many families wanted this school first?
63
How many got their first choice?
58of 63 (92.1%)
How many applied in total?
80

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
56.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
14.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
36.0%
Boys and girls
53%girls·47%boys
249 girls, 221 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 85% (2016/17), currently 36%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1684.0%5.0%+6.3+4.5+2.2
2016/1785.0%7.0%+4.3+2.4+1.8
2017/1865.0%14.0%+2.6+4.0+0.4
2018/1973.0%3.0%+5.2+1.2+1.2
2022/2345.0%4.0%-1.8+0.1-3.4
2023/2434.0%0.0%---
2024/2536.0%0.0%---
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