St Matthew's Catholic Primary School
Queens Drive, Walton, Liverpool, L4 8UAOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 186 schools in Liverpool. It ranks 83rd of 171 primary schools in Liverpool. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 23 April 2024, report published 20 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 23 April 2024
The school fosters a sense of aspiration and entrepreneurship. For example, it encourages older pupils to help operate a tuck shop. It has also partnered with a local high school to encourage future careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. The school has raised its expectations for what pupils should learn. For example, it has made positive changes to its mathematics curriculum. These changes are helping pupils to improve their mathematical understanding. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), generally achieve well during their time at the school. Pupils value the positive relationships that they have with staff. Pupils are safe, feel well cared for and are happy. Most pupils engage well in their lessons. They behave sensibly when they move around school. Pupils appreciate being consulted on their ideas for extra-curricular clubs. The school councillors regularly collect the thoughts of their classmates before meeting with school leaders to put forward new suggestions. In recent times, the school has arranged numerous sports clubs as well as more novel clubs such as a trading card club and a slime club.
What the school should improve
- A small number of subjects are not delivered consistently well across the school. This means that some pupils do not develop a deep body of knowledge in these subjects. The school should ensure that staff are well equipped to deliver curriculum content effectively. It should also ensure that subject leaders have a secure oversight of their subject so that they can address any issues with curriculum implementation.
- The school has not established strong links between the curriculum in the early years and some national curriculum subjects. This means that some pupils do not routinely capitalise on their prior learning when they move into key stage 1. The school should finalise its curriculum thinking in the early years, in order to build connections with the key stage 1 curriculum so that pupils can make the best start to Year 1.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
60 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
379 pupils on roll, with places for 379
Schools near St Matthew's Catholic Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Square Community Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 69% met the expected standard |
| Roscoe Primary School | 0.5 miles | Report card: Expected standard | 57% met the expected standard |
| Pinehurst Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Wellesbourne Community Primary School | 0.7 miles | Report card: Needs attention to expected standard | 73% met the expected standard |
| Leamington Community Primary School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 56% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Sime
- Phone
- 01512261871
- Address
- Queens Drive, Walton, Liverpool, L4 8UA
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- URN
- 132793
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.