Pinehurst Primary School, Liverpool
Pinehurst Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Liverpool, part of Expedition Schools.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Liverpool (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Pinehurst Primary School in detail
Pinehurst Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, dance, drama, chess and eco club.
Source: The school's own website
Results
Pinehurst Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 134471), 51% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 51% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Pinehurst Primary School
Across Liverpool, 89% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Liverpool lodged 219 appeals against primary school offers; 83 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (6% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pinehurst Primary School are Pinehurst Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 51% reading, 51% maths); Anfield Road Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 49% reading, 44% maths); All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 57% reading, 62% maths); and St Matthew's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 67% maths).
Pinehurst Primary SchoolAnfield Road Primary SchoolAll Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSt Matthew's Catholic Primary School
The trust
Pinehurst Primary School is one of 13 schools run by Expedition Schools, an academy trust.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkdale Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bidston Road (adjacent), 250 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Pinehurst 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 647 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Pinehurst Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Pinehurst Primary School (URN 134471), it was rated Good in March 2022. See Pinehurst Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Pinehurst Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 134471). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 32% to 51% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 34% to 51% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 52% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Pinehurst Primary School
Term dates
Pinehurst Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Liverpool's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Pinehurst Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Pinehurst Primary 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
- 23
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 23 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 14 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
1 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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Applications and offers at Pinehurst Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 134471). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 40 | 67 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 38 | 32 | 59 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 39 | 35 | 51 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 59 | 52 | 84 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 38 | 36 | 57 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 44 | 37 | 56 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 42 | 34 | 47 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 60 | 38 | 61 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 41 | 35 | 57 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 34 | 32 | 56 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 35 | 28 | 60 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2015 | 43 | 28 | 60 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | 48 | 1.0 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
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.
Absence at Pinehurst Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 134471). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
6.8%
Overall absence
22.4%
Persistent absence
366
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
Pinehurst Primary School
Questions parents ask about Pinehurst Primary School
Are there exam results for Pinehurst Primary School?
Pinehurst Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 134471), 51% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 51% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Pinehurst Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Pinehurst Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Pinehurst Primary School (URN 134471), it was rated Good in March 2022.
What is the catchment area for Pinehurst Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Pinehurst Primary School is oversubscribed, Liverpool allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Pinehurst Primary School?
Apply through Liverpool's coordinated admissions process, naming Pinehurst Primary 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.
How many road collisions happen near Pinehurst Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 23 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 14 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 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 Pinehurst Primary School?
Pinehurst Primary School is at Pinehurst Avenue, Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 7UF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)