Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
Grantham Road, Southport, PR8 4LT
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren McCann
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Southport
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 460
- Pupils on roll
- 469
- URN
- 104916
- Local authority
- Sefton
About this school
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Southport. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 469 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 81 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sefton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 486 |
| 2023/24 | 469 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 55% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.5% | 20.3% | 469 | — |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School | 58% | 4.7% | 21.7% | 447 | 0.0 miles |
| Farnborough Road Junior School | 68% | 3.9% | 17.1% | 468 | 0.3 miles |
| Farnborough Road Infant School | — | 4.3% | 10.3% | 428 | 0.3 miles |
| Birkdale Primary School | 30% | 6.2% | 23.8% | 430 | 0.8 miles |
| Linaker Primary School | — | 6.4% | 35.1% | 359 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.3%
- English as an additional language
- 15.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 14.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Southport
-
Farnborough Road Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Southport
-
Farnborough Road Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Southport
-
Birkdale Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Southport
-
Linaker Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Southport
Other schools in Southport
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Banks Methodist School Primary
- Banks St Stephen's CofE School Primary
- Birkdale Primary School Primary
- Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Churchtown Primary School Primary
- Farnborough Road Infant School Primary
- Farnborough Road Junior School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport Primary
- Kew Woods Primary School Primary
- Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School teach?
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Southport.
- Has Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School?
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School had 469 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.