Graded inspection · Oct 2023 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry46 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2025 2.1; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2024 2.4; Sefton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; Sefton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Sefton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2018 1.4; Sefton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Sefton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Sefton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Sefton median
Dashed bars: as Linaker Primary School (URN 104864), 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 | 23 | 46 | 2.0 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 53 | 2.1 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 22 | 53 | 2.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 * | 45 | 79 | 1.8 | 38 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2021 * | 31 | 58 | 1.9 | 26 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 * | 43 | 79 | 1.8 | 40 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 49 | 94 | 1.9 | 40 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2018 * | 69 | 98 | 1.4 | 52 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 * | 72 | 109 | 1.5 | 66 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 68 | 114 | 1.7 | 62 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 75 | 121 | 1.6 | 55 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2014 * | 75 | 125 | 1.7 | 63 | 0.84 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Sefton median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Linaker Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20232.0applications per place
- 0.7 km · SeftonRemains Good20242.9applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SeftonRemains Good20232.4applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Sefton20261.4applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · SeftonRemains Good20231.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · SeftonRemains Good20222.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · SeftonGood20242.2applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · SeftonNot yet inspected1.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · SeftonRemains Good202468%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
- 151390 · 343/2009
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 525 pupils · 359 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2024
- Replaced
- Linaker Primary School (URN 104864)
- Address
- Sefton Street, Southport, PR8 5DB
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources