St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School
Voluntary aided primary school in Liverpool (Liverpool).
Ofsted
No overall grade
inspected Nov 2024
Early years (EYFS)
Good
Ofsted, Nov 2024
Attendance rate
95.3%
▲ 0.5pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
22.9
▲ 2.2 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
34.4%
▲ 10pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
21.3%
▲ 6pp England 2025/26: 15.4%
2025/26
Capacity
91%
418 / 460 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
0.0%
▼ 15pp England 2024/25: 14.5% (primary schools)
2024/25
Who runs this school
iGet Information about Schools (DfE), via WhatSchool, record last changed 17-09-2026.- Maintained by
- Liverpool (local council)
- Type of school
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Admissions authority
- School governing body
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Federation
- Not part of a federation
- Trust
- Not part of an academy trust
On Governance Register
iGovernors: Get Information about Schools governance data, as held on Governance Register. School counts: Get Information about Schools, extract of 24 Oct 2026.- 9 governors are listed for this school on Governance Register. See the Overview.
- Liverpool has 190 schools on the register, including 90 council-maintained primary schools. See them all.
What this means
- Funding
- Funded by the local council from the government's school funding. The governing body pays part of the cost of building work.
- Staff and buildings
- The governing body employs the staff. The land and buildings are usually owned by a charity, often a religious body.
- Admissions
- The governing body is the admissions authority and sets the admissions policy, with applications usually coordinated by the local council.
- Governance
- A governing body, in which foundation governors are in the majority, runs the school.
General explanation of how this type of school works in England, not a statement about this school. See GOV.UK types of school.