Linacre Primary School | School performance

17%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

132

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

42%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

17%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

132

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

42%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

17%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

132

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

42%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 16/05/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySefton

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio17.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Linacre Primary School · Primary · Sefton

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

17%

-16pp

38%28%17%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 17%

RWM higher standard

0pp

14%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

38%

Reading higher standard

Writing expected standard

25%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

46%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

67%

SPAG expected standard

38%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

98.0

Maths scaled score

98.0

GPS scaled score

99.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

132

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

32%

FSM eligible

59%

SEN

27%

Overall absence

11%

Persistent absence

42%

Contact

Address

Thornton Road, Bootle, L20 5ED

Local authority

Sefton

Website

www.linacreprimary.co.uk/

Telephone

01519221466

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History

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	17%	0%	38%	0%	25%	0%	46%	4%	67%	38%	98.0	98.0	99.0	—	—	—	27%	132
2023/24	33%	0%	52%	19%	52%	0%	57%	5%	62%	43%	100.0	99.0	100.0	—	—	—	30%	139
2022/23	21%	0%	38%	13%	42%	0%	42%	8%	50%	42%	99.0	100.0	101.0	+0.40	+1.00	+1.20	33%	148
2018/19	38%	14%	43%	19%	57%	24%	57%	19%	57%	62%	99.0	101.0	103.0	-2.90	+0.20	-2.00	28%	177
2017/18	33%	0%	38%	8%	50%	13%	50%	4%	54%	38%	96.0	98.0	97.0	-3.10	+1.80	-0.50	27%	174
2016/17	56%	0%	63%	22%	67%	0%	63%	0%	78%	63%	102.0	101.0	103.0	-3.40	-3.90	-4.30	17%	180

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	132	14.9	27%	32%	59%	11%	42%
2023/24	139	13.8	30%	26%	62%	10%	40%
2022/23	148	15.9	33%	24%	59%	9%	36%
2021/22	172	15.9	22%	27%	60%	9%	37%
2020/21	171	15.9	21%	23%	53%	—	—
2018/19	177	17.8	28%	18%	64%	8%	32%
2017/18	174	18.2	27%	18%	59%	7%	25%
2016/17	180	19.7	17%	12%	52%	6%	25%