Ravenscroft Community Primary School, Liverpool
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Ravenscroft creates a warm, caring environment where children feel happy and valued. Staff know pupils well and provide excellent support for those with special needs. The school has worked hard to ensure pupils behave well, respect each other, and develop a mature understanding of important issues like equality.
Key Strengths
- School leaders have created a culture of respect where pupils feel valued and safe
- Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities receive well-targeted, high-quality support
- Behaviour in lessons and around school is very good, with strong safeguarding arrangements in place
- Where teaching is most effective, teachers use skilled questioning to deepen pupil understanding
- Pupils develop strong spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding with mature attitudes to equality
Areas for Improvement
- Assessment information is inaccurate and not used well to plan next steps, particularly in mathematics
- Teaching quality varies too much across the school with inconsistent challenge for the most able pupils
- Leadership monitoring of teaching does not provide clear feedback or drive improvement
- Funding for disadvantaged pupils has not been effectively evaluated to support their progress
- Support from teaching assistants is not fully effective with missed learning opportunities
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong leadership, well-trained staff, and a culture of openness where pupils feel safe to raise concerns.
Extracurricular Activities
Sport and physical education programs, science investigations (such as Year 6 'top secret missions'), opportunities to practice writing across the curriculum in various contexts
Ravenscroft Community Primary School requires improvement overall. While the school has created a caring, respectful environment where pupils feel safe and happy, leaders have not planned their improvement efforts effectively and assessment practices need strengthening.
At a Glance
50.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 54%. Maths has remained stable at around 54%. Writing has declined from 74% to 61%.
Class Sizes
26.5
Avg class size
28.3
Infant (KS1)
26.5
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
218 pupils
236 capacity
18 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Liverpool
Admissions Demand - Knowsley
Places available
2,090
Applications
1,845
Got 1st preference
90.3%
Got preferred school
97.1%
Primary admissions across Knowsley (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.9487%
Overall absence
27.48538%
Persistent absence
171
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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