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Linacre Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 134Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 104853URN

Thornton Road, Bootle, L20 5ED · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Linacre Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.8 above Sefton median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sefton

45 applications for 15 places · 9th of 72 in Sefton
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
17%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionUrgent improvement
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsUrgent improvement
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Needs attention, 6 Urgent improvement
  2. 16 May 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
3.0applications per place, Reception
0.8 above Sefton median (2.2) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

45 applications · 15 places offered · 11 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Sefton median median 2.2
  2. 2025 3.0; Sefton median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.6; Sefton median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.8; Sefton median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.2; Sefton median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.4; Sefton median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.6; Sefton median median 2.3
  8. 2019 2.9; Sefton median median 2.3
  9. 2018 1.3; Sefton median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.7; Sefton median median 2.3
  11. 2016 2.2; Sefton median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.0; Sefton median median 2.0
  13. 2014 2.2; Sefton median median 2.2
  • This school
  • Sefton 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 202615453.0110.73
Sep 202510303.0101.00
Sep 202410262.6101.00
Sep 202313231.860.46
Sep 202213423.2110.85
Sep 202113312.4131.00
Sep 202019502.6140.74
Sep 201911322.980.73
Sep 201829371.3130.45
Sep 201721572.7160.76
Sep 201619422.2130.68
Sep 201528572.0160.57
Sep 201427582.2180.67

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 38% · Writing 25% · Maths 46% → all three 17% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard17%69th of 69 in Sefton
Reading
Expected standard38%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard25%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard46%
Higher standard4%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Sefton median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2517%0%9898
2023/2433%0%10099
2022/2321%0%99100

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
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
104853 · 343/2008
Capacity
210 pupils · 134 on roll
Free school meals
64.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Thornton Road, Bootle, L20 5ED
Local authority
Sefton

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