Roby Park Primary School

Roby Park Primary School has effectively maintained the standards established during its previous inspection, continuing to provide a rich and supportive learning environment. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are happy and thrive academically and socially, demonstrating a strong commitment to equality and empathy. The school has made commendable improvements in its curriculum assessments and phonics programme, enabling students to achieve well in reading and other subjects. Despite these strengths, the school is still facing challenges with student attendance, which has been identified as needing improvement. The governing body lacks sufficient understanding of attendance issues, which may hinder its ability to effectively support the school's goals. Additionally, clarity in the transition from Nursery to Key Stage 1 and 2 curriculums has been noted as an area for development, although the school is already working on addressing these concerns.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and engaged in their learning.
• The school provides a rich range of learning opportunities.
• Strong commitment to equality and understanding of different communities.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, enabling them to thrive.
• Impressive extra learning opportunities and challenges for pupils.
• High-quality phonics programme leading to successful reading outcomes.

Areas for Improvement

• Governors lack sufficient knowledge of pupils' attendance.
• Need for clearer understanding of curriculum progression from Nursery to Key Stage 1 and 2.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Roby Park Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.6% of pupils at Roby Park Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Roby Park Primary School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.1% of pupils at Roby Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Roby Park Primary School received £7,910 and spent £7,967 for each of its 232 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £60,000 (£259 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Roby Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Roby Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Roby Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Roby Park Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Roby Park Primary School have?

Roby Park Primary School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Roby Park Primary School cover?

Roby Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Roby Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Roby Park Primary School?

Roby Park Primary School is at Easton Road, Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside, L36 4NY.