All Saints Catholic Primary School
Chesnut Grove, Bootle, L20 4LX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Holleran
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 312
- URN
- 132208
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512575566
About this school
All Saints Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Bootle. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 312 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 51 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 45% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 71% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 55% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 59% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.60 | - | - |
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 All Saints 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 | 45% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 355 |
| 2023/24 | 362 |
| 2024/25 | 355 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How All Saints Catholic Primary School compares
All Saints Catholic Primary School ranked 52nd of 69 primary schools in Sefton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 5.2% | 49.4% | 312 | — |
| Thomas Gray Primary School | — | 9.4% | 73.5% | 318 | 0.1 miles |
| Linacre Primary School | 17% | 11% | 59.2% | 134 | 0.4 miles |
| King's Lander Primary Academy | 60% | 5.2% | 43.7% | 234 | 0.5 miles |
| Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School | 39% | 6.6% | 56.4% | 440 | 0.5 miles |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School | 52% | 6.5% | 52.8% | 413 | 0.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.39%
- English as an additional language
- 49.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.16%
- Persistent absence
- 16.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thomas Gray Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
Linacre Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
King's Lander Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Bootle
All Saints Catholic Primary School ranks 6th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Bootle.
- 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
- The Grange Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does All Saints Catholic Primary School teach?
- All Saints Catholic Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bootle.
- Who is the headteacher of All Saints Catholic Primary School?
- The headteacher of All Saints Catholic Primary School is Mrs Angela Holleran, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was All Saints Catholic Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected All Saints Catholic Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is All Saints Catholic Primary School?
- All Saints Catholic Primary School has 312 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is All Saints Catholic Primary School full?
- All Saints Catholic Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 312 on roll (74%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is All Saints Catholic Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. All Saints Catholic Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
- Does All Saints Catholic Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records All Saints Catholic Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have All Saints Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does All Saints Catholic Primary School rank locally?
- All Saints Catholic Primary School ranked 52nd of 69 primary schools in Sefton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is All Saints Catholic Primary School's absence rate?
- All Saints Catholic Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are All Saints Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, All Saints 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 15 July 2026.