Community school · Liverpool

Northcote Primary School

3–11Ages
445Pupils
PrimaryPhase
104564URN

Cavendish Drive, Walton, Liverpool, L9 1HW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodOct 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

close to Liverpool median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

79 applications for 55 places · 75th of 104 in Liverpool

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

45%met the expected standard

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodOct 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

The graded inspection, 15 October 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

9 October 2024
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
15 October 2019
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

1.4applications per place, Reception

close to Liverpool median (1.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

79 applications · 55 places offered · 49 named it first

2026 1.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
2025 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.6
2024 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.8
2023 1.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
2022 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.6
2021 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.6
2020 1.9; Liverpool median median 1.6
2019 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.5
2018 1.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
2017 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2016 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.6
2015 1.4; 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	55	79	1.4	49	0.89
Sep 2025	59	101	1.7	62	1.05
Sep 2024	60	91	1.5	61	1.02
Sep 2023	60	84	1.4	61	1.02
Sep 2022	60	99	1.7	64	1.07
Sep 2021	57	83	1.5	51	0.89
Sep 2020	60	112	1.9	80	1.33
Sep 2019	60	101	1.7	72	1.20
Sep 2018	60	83	1.4	64	1.07
Sep 2017	51	65	1.3	48	0.94
Sep 2016	60	87	1.5	60	1.00
Sep 2015	49	70	1.4	49	1.00
Sep 2014	49	63	1.3	48	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 56% · Writing 67% · Maths 66% → all three 45% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard45%82nd of 103 in Liverpool

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard56%

Liverpool 73% England 78%

Higher standard7%

Liverpool 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard67%

Liverpool 73% England 75%

Greater depth17%

Liverpool 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard66%

Liverpool 74% England 77%

Higher standard7%

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	45%	3%	100	101
2023/24	57%	9%	104	105
2022/23	59%	7%	105	105

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

Northcote Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2024

1.4applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery
0.9 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2023

1.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School
1.0 km · Liverpool

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School
1.0 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Monica's Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Sefton

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School
1.1 km · Liverpool

2026

67%met the SATs standard
Bedford Primary School
1.2 km · Sefton

2026

1.4applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School
1.3 km · Liverpool

Good2023

1.4applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
Florence Melly Community Primary School
1.3 km · Liverpool

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 64%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: 104564 · 341/2110
Capacity: 450 pupils · 445 on roll
Free school meals: 51.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Cavendish Drive, Walton, Liverpool, L9 1HW
Local authority: Liverpool

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