Hale Road, Walton, Liverpool L4 3RL
10 reasons to choose St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool
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St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the 11 best state primary schools in Liverpool and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool is a state junior school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2021) inspection.
Average class size
St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool has four classes per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, the school achieves above average scores for pupil progress.
The St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. British Council’s International School Award for international learning activities. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are staggered by age group between 8.30am and 3.30pm. Drop-off from 8.00am, and after school clubs can extend the day to 4.45pm.
Find another school near St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School, Liverpool
Christian Fellowship School, Lower & Middle School (3.2 miles); Stanfield Merchant Taylors’ School (4.4 miles); Belvedere Preparatory School (4.4 miles).
Whitefield Primary School (1.7 miles); Longmoor Community Primary School (1.8 miles); Barlows Primary School (2.7 miles).
Christian Fellowship School (3.2 miles); Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby (4.4 miles); St Mary’s College, Crosby (4.6 miles).
St John Bosco Arts College (3 miles); St Edward’s College (3.6 miles); The Belvedere Academy (4.4 miles).