St Aidan's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-knowsley-north-west

North WestRegion

KnowsleyLocal Authority

KnowsleyConstituency

L36 7XRPostcode

1.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Aidan's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Knowsley, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 220 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Feb 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 48%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 97

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Black

Mixed

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

220

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

36%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 220
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 14 October 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
6 Oct 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.