Netherley Park Primary School, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Netherley Park Primary School on 7 areas: 2 needs attention and 5 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders do not make sure that all children develop the skills and understanding that they need to be successful as they progress through the school from the Nursery Year onwards."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Leaders have not thought carefully enough about the personal development offer that pupils access."

Achievement - Urgent improvement. "Pupils are not adequately prepared for their next stages of education."

Attendance and behaviour - Urgent improvement. "Leaders do not have effective oversight of the attendance and punctuality of pupils."

Curriculum and teaching - Urgent improvement. "The curriculum does not prepare pupils adequately for their next stages of education."

Inclusion - Urgent improvement. "Leaders do not ensure that all pupils take a full part in school life."

Leadership and governance - Urgent improvement. "There has been significant turbulence in leadership and staffing during the last academic year."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders must rapidly improve the consistency in the quality of education that pupils receive, particularly in mathematics, so that they are fully prepared for their next stage of education"; "Leaders must urgently ensure that all pupils receive their educational entitlement, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)"; "Leaders must ensure that all teachers understand how to accurately identify and successfully meet pupils' differing needs, including SEND"; "Leaders must swiftly ensure that staff receive the support that they need to manage pupils' behaviour, so pupils know how to conduct themselves around school and develop positive attitudes to learning"; "Leaders must ensure that teachers consistently identify and address gaps in pupils' knowledge, especially in their foundational knowledge of reading, writing and mathematics"; "Leaders must ensure that pupils, especially disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND, attend school regularly and punctually"; "Governors must ensure that they have the knowledge that they need to hold leaders to account for pupils' attendance, behaviour and achievement"; "Leaders and governors must develop a secure oversight of the effectiveness of the curriculum and whole-school policies".

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils at Netherley Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 19% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 52% in reading and 44% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Netherley Park Primary School as their first choice and 20 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 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 Netherley Park Primary School are St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 60% reading, 70% maths); Belle Vale Community Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 76% reading, 76% maths); Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 83% reading, 79% maths); and Woolton Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 87% reading, 91% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Netherley Park Primary School.

54.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 72 pupils (39.3%) received SEN support and 10 (5.5%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Huyton Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Garden Lodge Grove (near), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Netherley Park Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 112 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).

In 2024/25, Netherley Park Primary School issued 24 suspensions, 11.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Netherley Park Primary School are Gateacre School (0.9 miles), St Julie's Catholic High School (1.4 miles) and Halewood Academy (1.7 miles).