St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Prescot · L35 3SR · Knowsley
Ages 3–11
- KS273%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM40.4%
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 144105
Halsnead Primary School
Academy converter · Prescot · L35 3TX
Ages 3–11 · 252 pupils · Knowsley
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
7.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-07-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)28.2%
Unauthorised3.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 234
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill60%
252 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 252
- Boys / girls
- 136 / 116
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 252 / 420 (60%)
- Free school meals
- 42.4%
- FSM pupils
- 106
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST)
- Academy trust
- THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST)
- Sponsor
- The Heath Family Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Greer
Location
- Address
- Pennywood Drive, Whiston
- Postcode
- L35 3TX
- Town
- Prescot
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- District
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Prescot, Knowsley, 252 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 42.4%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Whiston Willis Primary Academy
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Prescot · L35 2XY · Knowsley
Ages 3–11
- KS273%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM33.7%
0.3 miles away
St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Prescot · L35 5DN · Knowsley
Ages 3–11
- KS256%
- Absence8.9%
- FSM51.8%
0.6 miles away
St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Prescot · L35 5AT · Knowsley
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM30.5%
0.6 miles away
Willow Tree Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Liverpool · L36 1XH · Knowsley
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence7.3%
- FSM62.9%
0.9 miles away
St Gabriel's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Liverpool · L36 6BH · Knowsley
Ages 3–11
- KS256%
- Absence8.4%
- FSM49.5%
1.1 miles away
Prescot Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Prescot · L34 2TA · Knowsley
Ages 3–11
- FSM27.2%
1.2 miles away
Longton Lane Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
St Helens · L35 8PB · St. Helens
Ages 4–11
- KS282%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM21.1%
1.3 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Greer
- Telephone
- 01514778130