Kingsley Community School, Liverpool

From the headteacher's welcome: "Thank you for choosing Kingsley Community Primary School for your child. Our school motto, 'Learning together, respecting each other' sums up our approach to life here. All of us are learning and we are on a journey together, supporting each other and celebrating all we have in common as well as our differences."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, cricket, multi-sports, cross-country, yoga, cooking, eco club, sewing and debating.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:15am.

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Kingsley Community School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 77% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Kingsley Community School as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 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 Kingsley Community School are Smithdown Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 68% maths); Windsor Community Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 46% reading, 57% maths); St Silas Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 74% reading, 64% maths); and St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 86% reading, 82% maths).

Kingsley Community School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

48.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 79.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are other ethnic groups (44%), Black (23%) and Asian (14%).

In 2026, 157 pupils (31.7%) received SEN support and 21 (4.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Kingsley Community School had 27 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Edge Hill Rail Station, about 1050 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eversley Street (adjacent), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Kingsley Community School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 817 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Kingsley Community School issued 6 suspensions, 1.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Kingsley Community School are Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (0.6 miles), Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (0.7 miles), The Belvedere Academy (0.7 miles) and St Hilda's Church of England High School (0.8 miles).