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Primary school in Liverpool

St Cleopas' Church of England Primary Academy

Beresford Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 4RP

Church of England
School website 01517271725
Ofsted No grade not inspected
Met the expected standard 60% around the middle nationally
Chance of a place 100% of first choices offered
Local deprivation 1/10 more deprived

Ofsted

Ofsted has not published an inspection outcome for this school.

This is usual for schools that have opened recently, and for most independent schools, which are inspected by ISI or another approved body rather than Ofsted.

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Current published outcome
None published
Last overall grade in this dataset
None published
Days since inspection
Not published
Framework era
No published Ofsted outcome

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

60% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

5% England 8.1%

Average reading score

106 England 105.3

Average maths score

105 England 104.1

On the headline measure this school is around the middle of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

About as many first choices as places. Of the 17 families who named this school as their first choice, 100% were offered a place.

Places offered
23

for entry into Reception

Named it first choice
17
First choices per place
0.74

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
100%

England 95.1%

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
264
Places
352
How full
75% full — 264 of 352 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
141 / 123
Overall absence
6%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
18%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
57%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
23%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
29%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
1

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
37

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
9
Busiest road nearby
A561

14,700 vehicles a day (2025)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
35

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Brunswick Rail Station

0.5 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

1/10 Deprivation decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England.

1/10 Child poverty decile

Among the most deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£145,000

postcode sector L8 4 · 72 sales

Typical range
£124,249 to £160,000

middle half of sales

Terraced
£145,000
Flat
£88,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
28%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
29%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
13%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
22%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
47%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
38%

England 62.7%

Social housing
32%

England 17%

Privately rented
30%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
9%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
11%

England 22.5%

No car
53%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Liverpool 050J and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Sarah Williams
Opened as this establishment
1 May 2024
Register status
Open
Local authority
Liverpool
Ward
Dingle
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside
URN
150244

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.10 2025/26: 0.95 first choices per place2026/27: 0.74 first choices per place20252026
All 2 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2025/26 22 21 0.95 100%
2026/27 23 17 0.74 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
St Finbar's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2021 53% 0.3 mi
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2022 52% 0.3 mi
Matthew Arnold Primary SchoolFoundation school No overall grade 47% 0.4 mi
St Silas Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 62% 0.5 mi
The Belvedere Preparatory SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — 0.5 mi
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 67% 0.7 mi
Windsor Community Primary SchoolCommunity school Report card 2026 28% 0.7 mi
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 44% 0.9 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 60%
Median of its 12 closest peers 44%
Liverpool average 52.6%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Falla Park Community Primary SchoolCommunity school Gateshead No overall grade 69%
Co-op Academy PortlandAcademy sponsor led Birkenhead No overall grade 38%
Holy Family RC Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Oldham Report card 2026 53%
Brook Acre Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter Warrington Good 2022 67%
Mason Moor Primary School, Nursery & Specialist BasesCommunity school Southampton Report card 2026 44%
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Birkenhead Good 2023 43%
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Merseyside Good 2023 48%
South Bank Community Primary SchoolFoundation school Middlesbrough Requires improvement 2024 30%
Milton Court Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Sittingbourne No overall grade 50%
Beech Street Community Primary SchoolCommunity school Manchester Good 2022 41%
Skerne Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led Darlington Requires improvement 2024 44%
St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Kidderminster No overall grade 28%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 150244; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026No Ofsted outcome matched to this URN
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.

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