Community school · Liverpool

Woolton Primary School

3–11Ages
640Pupils
PrimaryPhase
136813URN

Out Lane, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 5NN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJan 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.4 above Liverpool median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

181 applications for 90 places · 32nd of 104 in Liverpool

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

84%met the expected standard

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJan 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023

Inspection history

26 April 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
16 January 2013
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)

181 applications · 90 places offered · 79 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
2025 2.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
2024 2.0; Liverpool median median 1.8
2023 2.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
2022 2.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2021 2.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
2020 2.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
2019 2.4; Liverpool median median 1.5
2018 2.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
2017 1.8; Liverpool median median 1.6
2016 2.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
2015 1.6; Liverpool median median 1.6
2014 1.7; Liverpool median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 12 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	90	181	2.0	79	0.88
Sep 2025	90	194	2.2	86	0.96
Sep 2024	90	183	2.0	78	0.87
Sep 2023	90	192	2.1	91	1.01
Sep 2022	90	204	2.3	100	1.11
Sep 2021	90	214	2.4	114	1.27
Sep 2020	89	205	2.3	82	0.92
Sep 2019	90	213	2.4	116	1.29
Sep 2018	90	183	2.0	104	1.16
Sep 2017	88	160	1.8	79	0.90
Sep 2016	89	174	2.0	78	0.88
Sep 2015	87	140	1.6	77	0.89
Sep 2014	90	156	1.7	85	0.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 86% · Maths 91% → all three 84% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard84%2nd of 103 in Liverpool

Liverpool 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard87%

Liverpool 73% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Liverpool 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard86%

Liverpool 73% England 75%

Greater depth19%

Liverpool 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard91%

Liverpool 74% England 77%

Higher standard36%

Liverpool 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (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	84%	16%	107	108
2023/24	70%	10%	105	105
2022/23	87%	13%	108	107

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

Woolton Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Much Woolton Catholic Primary School
0.5 km · Liverpool

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton
0.6 km · Liverpool

Good2022

2.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Belle Vale Community Primary School
1.1 km · Liverpool

Good2023

1.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2024

1.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Knowsley

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Netherley Park Primary School
1.7 km · Liverpool

Good2022

1.2applications per place 12%met the SATs standard
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
2.0 km · Liverpool

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Childwall Valley Primary School
2.2 km · Liverpool

2026

2.4applications per place 52%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 136813 · 341/2009
Capacity: 682 pupils · 640 on roll
Free school meals: 13.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2011
Address: Out Lane, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 5NN
Local authority: Liverpool

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