Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Banks Road, Liverpool, L19 8JY – View on map
- Phone: 01514277466
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Raley-Williams
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 16 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 16 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 100
- % eligible for free school meals: 45.2%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Liverpool average)
- English as an additional language: 14% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.5% a year (Liverpool 13.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 20% moved to another school, 80% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Liverpool: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Liverpool, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSevere learning difficulties 24 places · 24 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 16.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 22 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 48% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Liverpool average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 55% · Writing 67% · Maths 58% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 52%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
- Based on: 33 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 82nd of 107 junior and primary schools in the area
- =80Hunts Cross Primary School50%
- =80Smithdown Primary School50%
- #82Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School48%
- #83Monksdown Primary School47%
- #84St Paul's Catholic Junior School46%
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22nd of 75 primary schools in Liverpool for Ofsted rating
- #20Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #21Holy Name Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #22Holy Trinity Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #23Hunts Cross Primary SchoolGood
- #24Kensington Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,514 (2024-25)
21st of 90 primary schools in Liverpool for spending per pupil
- #19Dovecot Primary School£8,532
- #20St Anne's Catholic Primary School£8,524
- #21Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School£8,514
- #22Faith Primary Academy£8,490
- #23Four Oaks Community Primary School£8,381
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