Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School
Stand Park avenue, Netherton, Bootle, L30 3SA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Collette Simms
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Pope Francis Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 151111
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01515250395
About this school
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School is a Roman Catholic primary academy in Bootle. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 204 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School (URN 132198).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 |
How Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School compares
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School ranked 64th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 8.1% | 47.8% | 204 | — |
| 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 |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | 64% | 6.3% | 19.4% | 231 | 0.8 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)
- 47.8%
- English as an additional language
- 10.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.13%
- Persistent absence
- 23.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
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
-
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bootle
Other schools in Bootle
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School ranks 9th of the 12 ranked primary 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
- 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 Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School teach?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bootle.
- Who is the headteacher of Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School?
- The headteacher of Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School is Ms Collette Simms, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Our Lady of Walsingham 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 Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School full?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 204 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
- Does Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School is part of POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School rank locally?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School ranked 64th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School's absence rate?
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census.
- 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 10 July 2026.