Community school · Liverpool

Phoenix Primary School

3–11Ages
227Pupils
PrimaryPhase
133702URN

Birchfield Road, Liverpool, L7 9LY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

close to Liverpool median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

40 applications for 26 places · 63rd of 104 in Liverpool

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

9%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 · 14 June 2022Ofsted'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

1.5applications per place, Reception

close to Liverpool median (1.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

40 applications · 26 places offered · 19 named it first

2026 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.6
2025 2.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
2024 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.8
2023 1.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
2022 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2021 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.6
2020 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.6
2019 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.5
2018 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2017 1.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
2016 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2015 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2014 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 1 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	26	40	1.5	19	0.73
Sep 2025	22	47	2.1	21	0.95
Sep 2024	30	50	1.7	29	0.97
Sep 2023	29	41	1.4	28	0.97
Sep 2022	27	36	1.3	27	1.00
Sep 2021	23	35	1.5	18	0.78
Sep 2020	21	31	1.5	18	0.86
Sep 2019	21	27	1.3	15	0.71
Sep 2018	21	26	1.2	15	0.71
Sep 2017	18	18	1.0	15	0.83
Sep 2016	25	31	1.2	21	0.84
Sep 2015	16	19	1.2	14	0.88
Sep 2014	18	22	1.2	13	0.72

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 45% · Writing 9% · Maths 27% → all three 9% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard9%103rd of 103 in Liverpool

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard45%

Liverpool 73% England 78%

Higher standard21%

Liverpool 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard9%

Liverpool 73% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Liverpool 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard27%

Liverpool 74% England 77%

Higher standard9%

Liverpool 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 95 (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	9%	0%	100	95
2023/24	24%	0%	102	99
2022/23	29%	3%	104	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

Phoenix Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

1.5applications per place 9%met the SATs standard
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
0.4 km · Liverpool

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
0.6 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Heygreen Primary School
1.1 km · Liverpool

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School
1.1 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2022

1.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Kensington Primary School
1.1 km · Liverpool

Good2024

1.5applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
1.2 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2024

1.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · Liverpool

Not yet inspected

1.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
New Park Primary School
1.4 km · Liverpool

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 133702 · 341/3026
Free school meals: 46.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2002
Replaced: Birchfield Primary School (URN 104520)
Address: Birchfield Road, Liverpool, L7 9LY
Local authority: Liverpool

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