St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have effective oversight of attendance and act quickly when concerns arise."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils at St Mary's grow into confident and thoughtful young people."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' achievement is not consistent."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have taken steps to strengthen the mathematics curriculum."

Early years - Needs attention. "Some children in the Reception class do not get the support that they need to secure early reading and writing skills."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders prioritise inclusion, but they do not ensure that support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is as effective as it should be."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders and governors do not have the oversight that they need to check whether teaching is improving or helping pupils to achieve well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff identify and address gaps and misconceptions in pupils' knowledge of phonics and early writing consistently"; "Leaders should make sure that teaching improves pupils' achievement in mathematics"; "Leaders should ensure that staff routinely adapt activities for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) so that they can learn the curriculum successfully"; "Leaders and those responsible for governance should strengthen their oversight of the curriculum and teaching to ensure that pupils are learning well, including those who are disadvantaged, and including those with SEND".

Coming up: an open day on Monday 2 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 77% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 40 families put St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby as their first choice and 99 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 12 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby are St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby (under 0.1 miles); St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School (0.4 miles, Good); St Paul's Catholic Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 65% reading, 55% maths); and Monksdown Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 65% reading, 59% maths).

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

59 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby (as of April 2026): 88% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

7.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 27 pupils (12.8%) received SEN support and 5 (2.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby had 5 teachers in 2026, one for every 42 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Broad Green Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Meadow Lane (adjacent), 110 metres away.

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.