Booker Avenue Junior School

Booker Avenue Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its good standing since the last inspection in 2017. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusive education, with particular support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils exhibit high levels of engagement, respect, and responsibility, contributing positively to the school environment. The curriculum is well-designed and engaging, enabling effective learning across various subjects, although some areas require further refinement to fully address prior knowledge gaps for all pupils. Despite its overall success, the school faces challenges in certain subjects where the curriculum has not adequately built upon key stage 1 learning. This has resulted in some pupils experiencing gaps in understanding, affecting their readiness for new concepts. Nonetheless, the school's leadership consistently focuses on improving reading fluency and ensuring high-quality educational experiences, supported by dedicated staff and positive parental involvement.

Strengths

• Leaders have high ambitions for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils achieve well across a broad range of subjects.
• Teachers effectively check and address misconceptions in student learning.
• Curriculum design considers pupils' starting points and aims for high engagement.
• Pupils contribute positively to the school community and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
• Leaders create a safe and supportive learning environment.
• Effective pastoral support helps pupils with emotional health and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum adaptations do not adequately build on key stage 1 learning.
• Certain subjects have gaps in pupils' prior knowledge that are not identified quickly enough.

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 Booker Avenue Junior School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.4% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Booker Avenue Junior 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 Booker Avenue Junior School had 23.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.4% 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, 14.4% of pupils at Booker Avenue Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Booker Avenue Junior School received £6,116 and spent £6,235 for each of its 416 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £170,000 (£408 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 Booker Avenue Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Booker Avenue Junior School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Booker Avenue Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Booker Avenue Junior School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Booker Avenue Junior School have?

Booker Avenue Junior School has 416 pupils on roll.

What age range does Booker Avenue Junior School cover?

Booker Avenue Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Booker Avenue Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Booker Avenue Junior School?

Booker Avenue Junior School is at Booker Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside, L18 9SB.