Holy Spirit Catholic Academy
Bootle, L30 2NR · Sefton local authority
Bootle’s School Grade D− better than 3% of towns in England
What stands out about Holy Spirit Catholic Academy
- Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 6%)
- 40% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 22 points below England’s schools
- Room to spare: 151 pupils for 262 places
- 67% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (12 of 12)
- Homes in its postcode sector (L30 2) sold for a median £141,500; Bootle’s is £145,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 40%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 6% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Sefton avg 59%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 101, maths 100 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 19 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Holy Spirit Catholic Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Sefton council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Bootle and Sefton, side by side
2023–2025All 71 graded primaries in Sefton. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Bootle’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate | A+ | 7% | 91% |
| St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School | A+ | 15% | 86% |
| Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School | A | 10% | 79% |
| Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School | A | 6% | 79% |
| Summerhill Primary School | A | 13% | 78% |
| Shoreside Primary School | A | 16% | 77% |
| Freshfield Primary School | A | 9% | 76% |
| St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School | A | 14% | 76% |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary School | A | 6% | 76% |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School | A− | 4% | 75% |
| Kew Woods Primary School | A− | 25% | 74% |
| Litherland Moss Primary School | A− | 52% | 72% |
| Aintree Davenhill Primary School | A− | 14% | 71% |
| Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre | A− | 39% | 71% |
| Melling Primary School | B+ | 12% | 70% |
| Farnborough Road Junior School | B+ | 17% | 69% |
| St Philip's Church of England Primary School | B+ | 20% | 69% |
| Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School | B+ | 55% | 69% |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 18% | 69% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 23% | 69% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Forefield Junior School | B | 17% | 66% |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School | B | 8% | 65% |
| St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull | B | 20% | 65% |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary School | B− | 42% | 63% |
| Valewood Primary School | B− | 9% | 63% |
| St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School | B− | 21% | 63% |
| Northway Primary School | B− | 12% | 61% |
| Woodlands Primary School | B− | 11% | 61% |
| St Jerome's Catholic Primary School | B− | 6% | 61% |
| Green Park Primary School | C+ | 5% | 60% |
| Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School | C+ | 11% | 60% |
| King's Lander Primary Academy | C+ | 49% | 60% |
| Hatton Hill Primary School | C+ | 46% | 59% |
| St George's Catholic Primary School | C+ | 8% | 59% |
| Churchtown Primary School | C+ | 14% | 59% |
| Larkfield Primary School | C+ | 20% | 58% |
| St Monica's Catholic Primary School | C+ | 23% | 58% |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School | C+ | 17% | 58% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School | C+ | 24% | 58% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | C | 21% | 57% |
| Hudson Primary School | C | 21% | 56% |
| Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School | C | 15% | 56% |
| Marshside Primary School | C | 28% | 55% |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | C | 12% | 54% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | C | 19% | 54% |
| Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School | C− | 51% | 53% |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport | C− | 23% | 53% |
| Great Crosby Catholic Primary School | C− | 10% | 52% |
| St William of York Catholic Primary School | C− | 48% | 52% |
| Norwood Primary School | C− | 19% | 50% |
| Redgate Community Primary School | C− | 31% | 50% |
| Lydiate Primary School | C− | 17% | 50% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | C− | 30% | 50% |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School | C− | 50% | 50% |
| Ursuline Catholic Primary School | C− | 8% | 50% |
| Waterloo Primary School | C− | 33% | 50% |
| St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School | C− | 25% | 49% |
| Birkdale Primary School | C− | 23% | 48% |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School | C− | 47% | 48% |
| Springwell Park Community Primary School | D | 47% | 44% |
| Netherton Moss Primary School | D | 59% | 42% |
| Bedford Primary School | D | 53% | 42% |
| Thomas Gray Primary School | D | 69% | 42% |
| Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School | D | 46% | 41% |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Academy | D | 67% | 40% |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | D− | 71% | 38% |
| The Grange Primary School | D− | 50% | 33% |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School | D− | 49% | 27% |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School | D− | 59% | 26% |
| Linacre Primary School | D− | 65% | 23% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025164 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Holy Spirit Catholic Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), November 2024.
Living near Holy Spirit Catholic Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in L30 2, the school’s postcode sector
Bootle property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in L30 2 sell for about the same as Bootle’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
22 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Bootle, L30 2NR
Holy Spirit Catholic Academy: common questions
Is Holy Spirit Catholic Academy a good school?
By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 6% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 40% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024.
How hard is it to get into Holy Spirit Catholic Academy?
For September 2026, 12 families put Holy Spirit Catholic Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 18 places were offered in all.
What is Holy Spirit Catholic Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (November 2024).
How much do houses cost near Holy Spirit Catholic Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, L30 2, sold for a median £141,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (70 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bootle’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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