Springwell Park Community Primary School, Bootle

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Springwell Park, we are a thriving school community, working together to create a warm, welcoming family atmosphere. Every member of our community is valued and respected. We listen to each other and every voice is heard."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils at Springwell Park Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 41% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Sefton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 68% in reading and 66% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 62 families put Springwell Park Community Primary School as their first choice and 96 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Springwell Park Community Primary School are St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 97% reading, 97% maths); St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 88% maths); King's Lander Primary Academy (0.5 miles, 63% reading, 70% maths); and Linacre Primary School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 38% reading, 46% maths).

Springwell Park Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

43.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

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

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Orrell Road (adjacent), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 415 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 Sefton (165), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Springwell Park Community Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 2.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Springwell Park Community Primary School are King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes (0.2 miles), The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco (0.7 miles), Litherland High School (1 mile) and Archbishop Beck Catholic College (1.3 miles).