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Redgate Community Primary School, Liverpool

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 2–11

Redgate Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Liverpool. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in October 2017. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in February 2023 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 96th-highest of the 177 schools in Liverpool with published results, and 9,159th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025, at 111% of capacity.

SATs results
In line with England
Ofsted
Good (2017)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Sefton (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Redgate Community Primary School in detail

Redgate Community Primary School in its own words

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, cross-country, choir, art and forest school.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £6.00 per session.

Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Redgate Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Sefton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 73% in reading and 57% in maths in 2024.

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

Getting a place at Redgate Community Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 24 families put Redgate Community Primary School as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 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 Redgate Community Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Redgate Community Primary School are Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 94% reading, 91% maths); Freshfield Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 83% maths); St Luke's Church of England Primary School (1 mile, Good, 71% reading, 63% maths); and Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School (1.1 miles).

Redgate Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolFreshfield Primary SchoolSt Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolTrinity St Peter's CofE Primary School

Who goes there

4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 32 pupils (12.4%) received SEN support and 49 (18.9%) 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.

Redgate Community Primary School has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 42 places, 42 pupils on roll.

Staffing

Redgate Community Primary School had 23 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Formby Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coronation Avenue (adjacent), 270 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 79 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Redgate Community Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Redgate Community Primary School are Formby High School (0.9 miles) and Range High School (1.3 miles).

Formby High SchoolRange 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 GIAS
Head:Miss Helen Gambon
Pupils:259
LA:Sefton
Phone:01704828140
Address:Redgate, Formby, Liverpool, L37 4EW
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago

This judgement is from October 2017, 9 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.

Inspected 2 February 2023View full report
URN:104885
UKPRN:10078459
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Sefton Central
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its October 2017 inspection - up from Requires Improvement.

Rated Good for

Leadership & management.

At a Glance

29.0%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

SEN unit: SpLD, Vision, Other +4

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-3ppMaths+19ppWriting+18pp

Reading has remained stable at around 70% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 57% to 76% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 50% to 68% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

22.0

Avg class size

27.0

Infant (KS1)

25.8

KS2

11

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Redgate Community Primary School.

  • The Learning Pad Private Tuition900m away · Not yet graded

Getting There

Bus Stops

Coronation Avenue (adj)
269m · 4 min walk
Abbots Way (adj)
282m · 5 min walk
Birkey Lane (adj)
292m · 5 min walk
Liverpool Road (adj)
318m · 5 min walk
Whalley Drive (adj)
325m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
9
Fatal
0
Serious
3
Children hurt
2

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 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 Sefton is 16 (the median across 116 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.

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Your chances of a place at Redgate Community Primary School

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  • Applications, first choices and offers at Redgate Community Primary School for 2014 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Sefton got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
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  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

111%

Over capacity

234 pupils

210 places

24 pupils over capacity in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool

High pressure
New homes approved:13,032
Projected new pupils:3,258

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Liverpool

Across Sefton council

Low demand council-wide0.84 applications per place

Places available

3,080

Applications

2,586

Got 1st preference

91.4%

Got preferred school

98.6%

All primary applications across Sefton council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(10)

2 February 2023

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.

17 October 2017
Leadership & ManagementGood
25 February 2016

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

32

SEN Support

49

EHC Plans

31.3%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Redgate Community Primary School has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 42 places, 42 pupils on roll.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

SEN Unit

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication22
Social, Emotional & Mental Health13
Severe Learning Difficulty12
Autistic Spectrum Disorder9
Specific Learning Difficulty7
Profound & Multiple LD7
Moderate Learning Difficulty6
Physical Disability3
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
89.2%
Asian
2.3%
Black
2.3%
Mixed
2.8%
Other
1.9%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals29.0%
English as Additional Language4.2%

259

Total Pupils

131

Boys

128

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

23

Teachers

11.3:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£49,988

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,613

Per pupil

£1507k

Total funding

£98k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£118,215
EAL funding£5,375
Lump sum£145,270

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.1%

Overall absence

25.4%

Persistent absence

213

Enrolments

Authorised6.6%
Unauthorised0.6%
Persistent (10%+)25.4%
Severe (50%+)1.4%

Absence trend

4.8%
18/19
3.3%
20/21
7.5%
21/22
8.2%
22/23
8.1%
23/24
7.1%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Redgate Community Primary School

What are SATs results like at Redgate Community Primary School?

Of the pupils at Redgate Community Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 70% reached the expected standard in reading and 76% did so in maths.

What is Redgate Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Redgate Community Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in February 2023, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in October 2017, it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Redgate Community Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Redgate Community Primary School is oversubscribed, Sefton allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Redgate Community Primary School?

Redgate Community Primary School was full in 2025, at 111% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at Redgate Community Primary School?

Classes at Redgate Community Primary School average 22 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Redgate Community Primary School?

Redgate Community Primary School has around 259 pupils on roll. 29% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Redgate Community Primary School have specialist SEN provision?

Redgate Community Primary School has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and profound and multiple learning difficulties: 42 places, 42 pupils on roll.

What is attendance like at Redgate Community Primary School?

7.1% of sessions were missed at Redgate Community Primary School in 2024/25. 25.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Redgate Community Primary School?

Apply through Sefton's coordinated admissions process, naming Redgate Community 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.

Does Redgate Community Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Redgate Community Primary School: The Learning Pad Private Tuition (900m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Redgate Community Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 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 Sefton is 16 (the median across 116 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Redgate Community Primary School?

Redgate Community Primary School is at Redgate, Formby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L37 4EW.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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