St Alban's Catholic Primary School
Ashburton Road, Wallasey, CH44 5XB
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr John McDonald
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 392
- Pupils on roll
- 236
- URN
- 105072
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
St Alban's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Wallasey. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 236 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Alban's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 52 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 56% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 67% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 62% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 62% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 St Alban's 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 | Wirral average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 355 |
| 2023/24 | 286 |
| 2024/25 | 236 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Alban's Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.9% | 36.9% | 236 | — |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 196 | 0.0 miles |
| Park Primary School | 53% | 7.3% | 58.3% | 401 | 0.2 miles |
| Liscard Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 36.5% | 704 | 0.5 miles |
| Somerville Primary School | 56% | 7.1% | 56.8% | 379 | 0.7 miles |
| Egremont Primary School | 52% | 4.8% | 65.1% | 275 | 0.7 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.86%
- English as an additional language
- 5.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.94%
- Persistent absence
- 19.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Park Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Liscard Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Somerville Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Egremont Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wallasey
Other schools in Wallasey
- Egremont Primary School Primary
- Greenleas Primary School Primary
- Kingsway Primary School Primary
- Liscard Primary School Primary
- New Brighton Primary School Primary
- Park Primary School Primary
- Somerville Primary School Primary
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St George's Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey Primary
- Somerville Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does St Alban's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Wallasey.
- Has St Alban's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Alban's 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 big is St Alban's Catholic Primary School?
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School had 236 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have St Alban's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Alban's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Alban's 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 7 July 2025.