Community school · Liverpool

Hunts Cross Primary School

4–11Ages
328Pupils
PrimaryPhase
104549URN

Kingsthorne Road, Liverpool, L25 0PJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.2per place

0.4 below Liverpool median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

52 applications for 45 places · 99th of 104 in Liverpool

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

50%met the expected standard

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.2applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Liverpool median (1.6) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

52 applications · 45 places offered · 41 named it first

2026 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2025 1.8; Liverpool median median 1.6
2024 1.8; Liverpool median median 1.8
2023 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2022 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2021 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2020 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2019 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.5
2018 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2017 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2016 1.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
2015 1.8; Liverpool median median 1.6
2014 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6

This school
Liverpool median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	45	52	1.2	41	0.91
Sep 2025	35	62	1.8	32	0.91
Sep 2024	36	65	1.8	34	0.94
Sep 2023	60	70	1.2	52	0.87
Sep 2022	56	72	1.3	47	0.84
Sep 2021	58	71	1.2	50	0.86
Sep 2020	60	72	1.2	36	0.60
Sep 2019	54	59	1.1	28	0.52
Sep 2018	57	71	1.3	42	0.74
Sep 2017	42	56	1.3	35	0.83
Sep 2016	50	72	1.4	40	0.80
Sep 2015	35	62	1.8	31	0.89
Sep 2014	40	51	1.3	36	0.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 69% · Writing 69% · Maths 60% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%77th of 103 in Liverpool

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard69%

Liverpool 73% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Liverpool 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard69%

Liverpool 73% England 75%

Greater depth17%

Liverpool 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard60%

Liverpool 74% England 77%

Higher standard13%

Liverpool 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Liverpool median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	50%	8%	104	101
2023/24	50%	9%	104	101
2022/23	46%	0%	101	101

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Hunts Cross Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School
0.6 km · Knowsley

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Yew Tree Primary Academy
1.1 km · Knowsley

Good2023

2.3applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
1.3 km · Knowsley

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · Liverpool

2026

1.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Stockton Wood Community Primary School
1.6 km · Liverpool

2026

1.2applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Plantation Primary School
1.7 km · Knowsley

2026

1.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Much Woolton Catholic Primary School
1.8 km · Liverpool

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
2.0 km · Knowsley

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 104549 · 341/2084
Capacity: 390 pupils · 328 on roll
Free school meals: 27.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Kingsthorne Road, Liverpool, L25 0PJ
Local authority: Liverpool

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources