Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School
Stand Park avenue, Netherton, Bootle, L30 3SA
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Our Lady of Walsingham 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
- Ms Collette Simms
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- URN
- 132198
- Local authority
- Sefton
About this school
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Bootle. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 196 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2006, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 26% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 43% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 37% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 43% | 41% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - |
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 Walsingham 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 | 25% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 26% | 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 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 49.7% | 196 | — |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School | 32% | 8.1% | 47.8% | 204 | 0.0 miles |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary School | 77% | 4.9% | 43.8% | 223 | 0.3 miles |
| Netherton Moss Primary School | 53% | 7.3% | 57.4% | 223 | 0.5 miles |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Academy | 48% | 7.7% | 70.3% | 151 | 0.5 miles |
| Litherland Moss Primary School | 80% | 7.7% | 52.4% | 208 | 0.5 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)
- 49.7%
- English as an additional language
- 8.7%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
St Oswald's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
Netherton Moss Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
Holy Spirit Catholic Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
Litherland Moss Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Bootle
- All Saints Catholic Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Holy Spirit Catholic Academy Primary
- Linacre Primary School Primary
- Linacre Primary School Primary
- Netherton Moss Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School Primary
- Springwell Park Community Primary School Primary
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Oswald's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School teach?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Bootle.
- Has Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Our Lady of Walsingham 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 Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School had 196 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 25% in 2022/23 and 26% 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 Walsingham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady of Walsingham 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.