Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Knowsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- 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
- 20 January 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 13 October 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry127 applications · 29 places offered · 44 named it first
- 2026 4.4; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2025 3.3; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2024 2.8; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2023 3.6; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2022 3.2; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2021 2.8; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2020 2.2; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2019 2.6; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2018 2.8; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2017 2.5; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 3.2; Knowsley median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 4.1; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 3.5; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Knowsley median
Dashed bars: as Blacklow Brow Primary School (URN 104445), 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 | 29 | 127 | 4.4 | 44 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 98 | 3.3 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 85 | 2.8 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 65 | 2.2 | 22 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 83 | 2.8 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 119 | 4.1 | 55 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 106 | 3.5 | 45 | 1.50 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 97% · Writing 86% · Maths 100% → all three 86% 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 | 86% | 14% | 111 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 3% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 83% | 7% | 110 | 109 |
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
- Blacklow Brow SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.4applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · Knowsley20262.3applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Knowsley20261.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · KnowsleyStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · KnowsleyGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · KnowsleyGood20241.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · KnowsleyGood20241.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Knowsley20261.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · KnowsleyOutstanding20233.0applications per place 83%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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144355 · 340/2006
- Trust
- The Dean Trust
- Capacity
- 236 pupils · 235 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Blacklow Brow Primary School (URN 104445)
- Address
- Blacklow Brow School, Tarbock Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 5XW
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources