Princes School, Liverpool
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Princes School excels at creating a calm, supportive environment where every pupil thrives academically and socially. Teachers have high expectations and use personalised planning to help all pupils, including the most able, make outstanding progress from their starting points. Parents consistently praise the school for transforming their children's lives through brilliant academic teaching combined with exceptional social and emotional support.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional behaviour management with significantly reduced physical restraint incidents and calm, orderly conduct throughout the school
- Outstanding progress made by all pupils, including the most able and disadvantaged, with highly effective teaching tailored to individual needs
- Strong governance and leadership that has empowered staff as leaders, driving continuous improvement across the school
- Exemplary safeguarding practices with clear procedures and skilled staff who know pupils exceptionally well
- Successful expansion to multiple sites with consistent high-quality provision across all locations
Areas for Improvement
- Develop monitoring systems to track progress made by groups of pupils with similar prior attainment, particularly to measure progress of the most able as a group
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with exemplary work to keep children safe through vigilant staff trained to understand risks for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, working closely with parents and external agencies.
Extracurricular Activities
Integration with mainstream lessons at Smithdown Primary School, enrichment activities at linked primary schools, play and eating opportunities alongside mainstream pupils
Princes Primary School continues to be outstanding, with leadership maintaining exceptional educational quality since the last inspection in 2012. The school has grown significantly, becoming a teaching school and expanding to multiple sites while keeping pupil progress and wellbeing at the centre of everything it does.
At a Glance
51.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
120%
Over capacity
251 pupils
210 capacity
41 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Liverpool
Admissions Demand - Liverpool
Places available
5,716
Applications
5,276
Got 1st preference
68.1%
Got preferred school
90.4%
Secondary admissions across Liverpool (2025/26)
Inspection History(7)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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Pupil Absence2024/25
8.96258%
Overall absence
29.76744%
Persistent absence
215
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Linked Schools
Schools linked by geographic proximity
Princes School
Christian Fellowship School
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
Progress Schools - Liverpool
Marydale Lodge Sch
LIPA School
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
The Belvedere Academy
The Studio School Liverpool
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
St Hilda's Church of England High School
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