Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School, Liverpool
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Liverpool. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2016. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in June 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 73rd-highest of the 177 schools in Liverpool with published results, and 7,071st of 14,452 across England. It was 93% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2016)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Liverpool (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School in detail
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "It is my absolute pleasure to welcome you to Mab Lane Primary School - a happy, caring and inclusive school where children are at the heart of everything we do. At Mab Lane, our motto is "Only the Best" , and this reflects the ambition we have for every single child who walks through our doors."
The school runs after-school care.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (79% in reading, 76% in maths).
Getting a place at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School
For September 2026 entry, 42 families put Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School as their first choice and 57 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School are St Brigid's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 76% reading, 79% maths); St Albert's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 67% reading, 77% maths); Stockbridge Village Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 61% reading, 57% maths); and Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 69% reading, 71% maths).
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.
St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolSt Albert's Catholic Primary SchoolStockbridge Village Primary SchoolHope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School
Who goes there
47% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 25.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (58%), Black (11%) and Asian (7%).
In 2026, 122 pupils (34.4%) received SEN support and 16 (4.5%) 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.
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.
Staffing
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School had 21 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Roby Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Waterpark Drive (adjacent), 240 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant 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 205 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School are Broughton Hall Catholic High School (0.8 miles) and Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School (0.9 miles).
Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolCardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from June 2016, 10 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its June 2016 inspection - up from Requires Improvement.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
47.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Speech and language
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 79% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 76% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 71% to 79% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
21.4
Avg class size
18.0
Infant (KS1)
24.5
KS2
13
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School
Newsletters - 2nd October 2026
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Newsletters - 25th September 2026
25 Sep 2026
Newsletters - 18th September 2026
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Newsletters - 11th September 2026
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Newsletters - 4th September 2026
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Newsletters - 3rd July 2026
3 Jul 2026
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School.
- Stockbridge Village Neighbourhood Centre Choices800m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Liverpool. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Friday 26 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School is in Liverpool; for families living there:
- Liverpool's school travel policy: this document : Home to School Transport Policy 2026-27
- How to apply: Apply for a travel pass
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 18
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 14 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Liverpool is 32 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
93%
Near capacity
293 pupils
315 places
22 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Liverpool
Across Liverpool council
Places available
5,870
Applications
4,736
Got 1st preference
88.6%
Got preferred school
97.3%
All primary applications across Liverpool council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(8)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
122
SEN Support
16
EHC Plans
38.9%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
355
Total Pupils
180
Boys
175
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
21
Teachers
16.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£49,340
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,725
Per pupil
£2265k
Total funding
£208k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.8%
Overall absence
10.2%
Persistent absence
275
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School
Questions parents ask about Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School
What are SATs results like at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
Of the pupils at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 79% reached the expected standard in reading and 76% did so in maths.
What is Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in June 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in June 2016, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School is oversubscribed, Liverpool allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School was not full in 2025: it ran at 93% of its 315 places.
How big are the classes at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
Classes at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School average 21.4 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School has around 355 pupils on roll. 47% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School have specialist SEN provision?
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
4.8% of sessions were missed at Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School in 2024/25. 10.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
Apply through Liverpool's coordinated admissions process, naming Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School: Stockbridge Village Neighbourhood Centre Choices (800m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School's term dates?
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Liverpool. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Friday 26 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027).
How many road collisions happen near Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 14 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Liverpool is 32 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School?
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School is at Mab Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 6QL.
Sources: Liverpool term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)