Gilmour Primary School, Liverpool

In its own words: "At Gilmour Primary School we pride ourselves on our welcoming, encouraging and respectful ethos. We are proud of our children’s outstanding behaviour! Our school values support behaviour and attitudes, they are enthusiastically promoted throughout school and are at the heart of all we do. We have 6 values, appreciation, resilience, enjoyment, health, ambition and uniqueness."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Gilmour Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 76% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 66 families put Gilmour Primary School as their first choice and 145 named it as one of their preferences, for 73 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Gilmour Primary School are St Austin's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 89% reading, 76% maths); Booker Avenue Infant School (0.6 miles, Outstanding); Booker Avenue Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 87% reading, 76% maths); and Garston Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 89% reading, 89% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Gilmour Primary School.

13.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is Cressington Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Garston Old Road (adjacent), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 160 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and drug offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).

In 2024/25, Gilmour Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Gilmour Primary School are The Academy of St Nicholas (0.8 miles) and St Margaret's Church of England Academy (1.1 miles).