Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Sefton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 16 July 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 9 October 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry44 applications · 22 places offered · 20 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2025 1.7; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2024 1.9; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2023 2.2; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2022 1.6; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2021 1.9; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2020 2.7; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2019 2.0; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2018 2.1; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2017 3.2; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2016 1.6; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2015 1.9; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2014 1.7; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 22 | 44 | 2.0 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 46 | 1.7 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 18 | 34 | 1.9 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 21 | 46 | 2.2 | 22 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 18 | 48 | 2.7 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 58 | 2.0 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 25 | 52 | 2.1 | 22 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 27 | 44 | 1.6 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 26 | 48 | 1.9 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 29 | 50 | 1.7 | 28 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 89% · Writing 89% · Maths 81% → all three 81% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Sefton median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 81% | 11% | 108 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 0% | 105 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 70% | 10% | 106 | 103 |
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
- Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education CentreThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.0applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Sefton20262.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SeftonGood20232.4applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · SeftonOutstanding20242.3applications per place
- 3.1 km · SeftonRemains Good202468%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · SeftonRemains Good20231.6applications per place
- 3.3 km · SeftonOutstanding20244.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · SeftonNot yet inspected1.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · SeftonStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 82%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
- 104886 · 343/2087
- Capacity
- 228 pupils · 181 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Meadow Lane, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 3RS
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources