Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Knowsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 24 January 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 12 October 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry138 applications · 59 places offered · 54 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2020 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2018 2.0; Knowsley median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.4; Knowsley median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Knowsley median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Knowsley median
Dashed bars: as Whiston Willis Community Primary School (URN 104433), 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 | 59 | 138 | 2.3 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 115 | 1.9 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 42 | 68 | 1.6 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 53 | 95 | 1.8 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 57 | 99 | 1.7 | 55 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 45 | 82 | 1.8 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 42 | 71 | 1.7 | 35 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 38 | 73 | 1.9 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 39 | 77 | 2.0 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 41 | 81 | 2.0 | 46 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 * | 40 | 96 | 2.4 | 46 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2015 * | 36 | 77 | 2.1 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 40 | 79 | 2.0 | 43 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 76% · Maths 74% → all three 63% 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 | 63% | 2% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 12% | 105 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 5% | 107 | 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
- Whiston Willis Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20242.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Knowsley20261.6applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · KnowsleyGood20232.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · KnowsleyRemains Good20231.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · KnowsleyGood20231.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · KnowsleyGood20222.0applications per place
- 1.5 km · St. HelensRemains Good20242.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Knowsley20263.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · St. HelensGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 77%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145613 · 340/2021
- Trust
- Wade Deacon Trust
- Capacity
- 353 pupils · 419 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 May 2018
- Replaced
- Whiston Willis Community Primary School (URN 104433)
- Address
- Milton Avenue, Whiston, Milton Avenue, Prescot, L35 2XY
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources