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Matthew Arnold Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 276Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 104557URN

Dingle Lane, Liverpool, L8 9UB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Some aspects not as strongUngraded inspection · May 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.4 above Liverpool median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

61 applications for 30 places · 30th of 104 in Liverpool
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
59%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Some aspects not as strongUngraded inspection · May 2025
The graded inspection, 4 February 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 14 May 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Some aspects not as strong
  2. 4 February 2020
    Graded inspection: 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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Liverpool median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

61 applications · 30 places offered · 38 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.9; Liverpool median median 1.6
  3. 2024 2.1; Liverpool median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.8; Liverpool median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Liverpool median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.9; Liverpool median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
  11. 2016 2.9; Liverpool median median 1.6
  12. 2015 2.8; Liverpool median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630612.0381.27
Sep 202529551.9270.93
Sep 202430642.1391.30
Sep 202330541.8351.17
Sep 202230672.2471.57
Sep 202130672.2431.43
Sep 202030561.9311.03
Sep 201930581.9311.03
Sep 201830682.3341.13
Sep 201730682.3381.27
Sep 201630862.9431.43
Sep 201530832.8401.33
Sep 201430712.4371.23

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 62% · Maths 69% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%55th of 103 in Liverpool
Reading
Expected standard72%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard62%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard69%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2559%3%106106
2023/2443%4%104103
2022/2347%3%104104

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

  • 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
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
104557 · 341/2098
Trust
South Liverpool Education Trust
Capacity
200 pupils · 276 on roll
Free school meals
64.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Replaced
Greenways School (URN 104740)
Address
Dingle Lane, Liverpool, L8 9UB
Local authority
Liverpool

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