Wellesbourne Community Primary School, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Wellesbourne Community Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that the curriculum is broad, balanced and well ordered towards ambitious end points."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed the early years curriculum well to provide children with a secure start."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are rightly proud of their inclusive approach, which focuses on what is best for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a thorough understanding of the school's strengths and areas to further develop."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders provide well for pupils' broader development."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Over time, attendance has been a particular barrier for a considerable number of pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that their attendance strategy and continued work with parents and carers is having the intended impact on raising pupils' levels of attendance and reducing persistent absences, taking further timely action when needed"; "Leaders should support staff to use their checks on pupils' learning more precisely to identify errors and misconceptions in pupils' written work and knowledge, so that these are addressed swiftly"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils have sufficient opportunities to practise, apply and deepen their learning, particularly in mathematics".

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Wellesbourne Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 74% in reading and 80% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Wellesbourne Community Primary School as their first choice and 61 named it as one of their preferences, for 23 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Wellesbourne Community Primary School are St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary Academy (0.2 miles, 66% reading, 68% maths); Leamington Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 69% reading, 65% maths); Ranworth Square Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 82% maths); and Broad Square Community Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 82% maths).

Wellesbourne Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wellesbourne Community Primary School (as of April 2026): 54% would recommend the school, 63% say their child is happy there and 14% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (63%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (14%).

55% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 88 pupils (23.3%) received SEN support and 12 (3.2%) 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 autism.

Wellesbourne Community Primary School had 23 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Fazakerley Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parthenon Drive (adjacent), 240 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wellesbourne Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Wellesbourne Community Primary School issued 0 suspensions, 0 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Wellesbourne Community Primary School are St John Bosco Arts College (0.7 miles) and Dixons Croxteth Academy (0.8 miles).