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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 13 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 15 October 2013Graded inspection: Good · as The Sylvester Primary School, URN 104419
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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 entry57 applications · 30 places offered · 39 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2023 1.1; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2021 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2020 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2019 2.0; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2018 2.4; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2016 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Knowsley median
Dashed bars: as The Sylvester Primary School (URN 104419), the previous school.
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 | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2025 | 34 | 50 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2024 | 34 | 50 | 1.5 | 32 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 51 | 55 | 1.1 | 44 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 34 | 50 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2021 | 35 | 53 | 1.5 | 33 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 35 | 52 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 35 | 69 | 2.0 | 39 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 25 | 0.83 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 65% · Writing 71% · Maths 71% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Knowsley median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 58% | 13% | 103 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 8% | 103 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 13% | 103 | 102 |
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
- Sylvester Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · KnowsleyGood20241.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Knowsley20262.3applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Knowsley20264.4applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · KnowsleyGood20231.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Knowsley20261.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · KnowsleyOutstanding20233.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Knowsley20261.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · KnowsleyGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143878 · 340/2000
- Trust
- Wade Deacon Trust
- Capacity
- 251 pupils · 294 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2017
- Replaced
- The Sylvester Primary School (URN 104419)
- Address
- St John's Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 0UX
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources