Ravenscroft Community Primary School

Ravenscroft Community Primary School is a happy, purposeful school where pupils behave exceedingly well and feel safe. Inspectors found the school good across all inspected areas, with a broad and ambitious curriculum that has been developed recently and meets pupils’ needs well, including those with SEND. Most pupils, including pupils with SEND, achieve well, and pupils show excellent attitudes to learning. The school’s values are evident in daily life, and pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, trips and leadership opportunities. The early years provision supports children’s speech and language effectively, and early reading and phonics are taught consistently well. The school identifies pupils with SEND early and provides appropriate support. Personal development is well considered, pupils learn how to stay safe and respect different faiths and cultures, and they are well prepared for life in modern Britain. Governors understand their strategic role, hold leaders to account and consider staff workload and well-being. Parents hold the school in high regard, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. There are some areas for improvement. In a small number of subjects, curriculum steps are not precise enough, so pupils do not always build logically on prior knowledge. A small number of key stage 2 pupils do not receive reading support that helps them catch up quickly enough. Published 2024 Year 6 attainment in reading and mathematics was significantly below the national average, although the school notes that many of these pupils joined at various points in Years 4 to 6 and could not fully benefit from the current curriculum. Currently, most pupils achieve well. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new headteacher was appointed in September 2023.

Strengths

• School values of honesty, enjoyment, achievement, respect and talent are lived out daily
• Pupils behave exceedingly well and are proud, happy and safe at school
• Pupils are enthusiastic learners who produce high-quality work
• Most pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious and meets pupils’ needs well
• Learning is carefully mapped out in most subjects from early years to Year 6
• Early years staff support speech and language development through story, rhyme and song
• Early reading and phonics are taught consistently well
• Pupils who find reading difficult receive support to catch up
• SEND needs are identified early and appropriate support is put in place
• Pupils with SEND participate in all aspects of school life
• The personal development programme teaches pupils how to stay safe online and offline
• Pupils are knowledgeable about British values and respectful of different faiths and cultures
• Attendance is tracked rigorously and families are supported when attendance falls
• Governors understand their strategic role and hold leaders to account effectively
• Staff feel valued and the school considers their workload and well-being
• Parents hold the school in high regard
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a small minority of subjects, the steps of knowledge are not clearly identified and sequenced
• Some pupils do not build logically on what they already know in those subjects
• A small number of key stage 2 pupils do not receive appropriate reading intervention to catch up quickly
• Some key stage 2 pupils’ reading fluency is hindered by gaps in reading support
• Published 2024 Year 6 attainment in reading and mathematics was significantly below the national average

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 Ravenscroft Community Primary School attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.5% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Ravenscroft Community 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 Ravenscroft Community Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.8% 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, 14.2% of pupils at Ravenscroft Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% 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 Ravenscroft Community Primary School received £8,483 and spent £8,506 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £67,000 (£319 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 Ravenscroft Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Ravenscroft Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ravenscroft Community Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Ravenscroft Community Primary School have?

Ravenscroft Community Primary School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ravenscroft Community Primary School cover?

Ravenscroft Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Ravenscroft Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 32% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ravenscroft Community Primary School?

Ravenscroft Community Primary School is at Ebony Way, Tower Hill, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L33 1XT.