St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Liverpool
Margaret Road, Liverpool, L4 3RX
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 05/11/2024
Application demand
99%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.3%
13.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
418
Capacity used
Has space91%
460 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
99%
1st preference success rate
108 of 109 families who put it first got an offer
112
Places offered
162
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 109 | 108 | ● 99% |
| 2nd preference | 39 | 4 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 14 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 162 | 112 | 69% |
1st preference success by year
Liverpool lets families list 3 preferences. 22 applications came from outside the council area (14 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Colette Jennings
- Address
- Margaret Road, Walton, Liverpool, L4 3RX
- Phone
- 01515258489
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward / constituency
- County · Liverpool Walton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 104651
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 29% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
418 pupils · 460 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
05 November 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 251 pupils
Attendance
95.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
13.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.