Ofsted inspection · 17/04/2024
Overview of Birkdale Primary School · Primary · Sefton
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 30% | 3% | 60% | 27% | 42% | 3% | 67% | 15% | 77% | 72% | 102.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 444 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 3% | 81% | 31% | 71% | 5% | 76% | 21% | 81% | 83% | 106.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 442 |
| 2022/23 | 49% | 0% | 74% | 23% | 56% | 0% | 66% | 11% | 84% | 80% | 104.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 | +0.10 | -2.20 | -1.40 | 15% | 453 |
| 2018/19 | 71% | 9% | 87% | 42% | 82% | 16% | 82% | 47% | 82% | 91% | 106.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 | +4.60 | +1.70 | +4.40 | 7% | 444 |
| 2017/18 | 69% | 17% | 85% | 46% | 71% | 21% | 85% | 42% | 85% | 83% | 107.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 | +4.30 | +1.40 | +4.80 | 5% | 432 |
| 2016/17 | 69% | 14% | 92% | 43% | 73% | 16% | 90% | 41% | 88% | 78% | 107.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 | +3.80 | +0.00 | +3.60 | 3% | 423 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 444 | 26.6 | 16% | 8% | 24% | 6% | 17% |
| 2023/24 | 442 | 26.8 | 16% | 7% | 21% | 6% | 17% |
| 2022/23 | 453 | 26.6 | 15% | 6% | 21% | 6% | 18% |
| 2021/22 | 447 | 25.8 | 12% | 5% | 21% | 5% | 14% |
| 2020/21 | 444 | 23.6 | 7% | 5% | 20% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 444 | 21.3 | 7% | 6% | 24% | 4% | 9% |
| 2017/18 | 432 | 20.5 | 5% | 5% | 24% | 4% | 6% |
| 2016/17 | 423 | 21.3 | 3% | 5% | 24% | 4% | 9% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.