Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Sefton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 |
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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 entry60 applications · 28 places offered · 34 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.1; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2025 2.2; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2024 2.1; Sefton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2023 2.0; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 1.5; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 2.5; Sefton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Sefton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Sefton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Sefton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2016 2.2; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Sefton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Sefton median
Dashed bars: as Thomas Gray Primary School (URN 134785), 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 | 28 | 60 | 2.1 | 34 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 60 | 2.2 | 35 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 28 | 55 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 * | 26 | 52 | 2.0 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 29 | 69 | 2.4 | 35 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2016 * | 27 | 59 | 2.2 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 34 | 1.13 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Thomas Gray Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.1applications per place
- 0.1 km · Sefton20261.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · SeftonSpecial measures 20263.0applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SeftonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SeftonRemains Good20231.4applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SeftonGood20241.4applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SeftonRemains Good20231.8applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SeftonOutstanding20231.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SeftonGood20241.6applications per place 29%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
- 150762 · 343/3379
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 318 on roll
- Free school meals
- 69.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 October 2024
- Replaced
- Thomas Gray Primary School (URN 134785)
- Address
- Chestnut Grove, Bootle, L20 4LX
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources