Litherland Moss Primary School, Liverpool

From the headteacher's welcome: "Its purpose is to state our school aims and to serve as a reference point on some of the practical matters that you will need to know from time to time Litherland Moss Primary School is a one-form entry community school sharing its site with Litherland High School."

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Litherland Moss Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Sefton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 87% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Litherland Moss Primary School as their first choice and 66 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Litherland Moss Primary School are Holy Spirit Catholic Academy (0.5 miles, 62% reading, 59% maths); Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School (0.5 miles, 59% reading, 50% maths); Netherton Moss Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 83% maths); and St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 52% reading, 59% maths).

Litherland Moss Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Litherland Moss Primary School is one of 8 schools run by The Heath Family (north West), an academy trust.

50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 55 pupils (26.4%) received SEN support and 13 (6.3%) 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.

Litherland Moss Primary School had 13 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 Aintree Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moss Lane (adjacent), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Litherland Moss Primary 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 279 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Litherland Moss Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Litherland Moss Primary School are Litherland High School (0.2 miles), The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco (0.4 miles), King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes (1.1 miles) and Chesterfield High School (1.3 miles).