St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary schoolSt Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Sefton, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 197 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 16 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 41% of pupils at St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Sefton and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, October 2024. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)190 m
- St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)600 m
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Springwell Park Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 29% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
- King's Lander Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- PANDA SchoolsSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sefton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).