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Pleasant Street Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 225 pupils Liverpool
Ofsted: Good
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Pleasant Street Primary School is a community school in Liverpool for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 225 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Pleasant Street Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023. In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has more teachers for its size than most primary schools: 14.3 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: May 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Pleasant Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5TS
Phone 01517093802
Reference Number 104569

General Makeup

Number of pupils 225
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.11%
Girls: 44.89%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 36.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 60%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 13 29
2 13 16 29
3 20 10 30
4 16 14 30
5 13 16 29
6 18 12 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 13.8%
African 8.4%
Mixed, Other 4.9%
White, Other 4.4%
Indian 3.6%
Asian, Other 3.6%
Chinese 1.8%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
White & Asian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%

Pleasant Street Primary School is performing well overall, as indicated by its good grade in multiple domains, including behavior, quality of education, leadership, and early years provision. The school fosters a welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and happy, highlighting the strong relationships leaders have built with students and families. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, allowing pupils to develop a rich body of knowledge while embracing local culture and heritage. Notably, there is a commitment to raising pupils' aspirations, and students are well-prepared for their future educational journeys.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 07 Feb 2023
Date Report
07 Feb 2023 School inspection:
01 Oct 2020 Monitoring visit
06 Jun 2017 Short inspection
04 Jul 2013 Full inspection:
07 Jul 2010 Full inspection:
09 Oct 2006 Full inspection:
20 Jan 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong relationships between leaders, pupils, and families.
  • Ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
  • Teachers have strong subject knowledge and deliver the curriculum effectively.
  • Effective support for pupils with SEND and those with English as an additional language.
  • Outstanding personal development and opportunities for pupils to take on leadership roles.
  • Strong culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistent handling of low-level disruption by some teachers.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.6
Writing -0.7
Maths 4

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 4
Third Preference 8 1
From another Local Authority 1 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Pleasant Street Primary School had 207 pupils for 210 places. 3 places (1.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Central Primary” planning area

Liverpool counted 84 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 89 in 2029–30, up 6%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210210210210210210210210
Pupils 188189203187195208214206196196187194205210207
Unfilled 10.5%10.0%3.3%11.0%7.1%1.0%0.0%1.9%6.7%6.7%11.0%7.6%2.4%0.0%1.4%

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 Pleasant Street Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.5%3.2%2.7%2.4%2.4%2.1%1.7%2.6%2.7%2.3%1.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%2.3%1.7%1.7%1.4%2.0%0.7%1.7%2.4%1.7%1.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Pleasant Street Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.01.40.90.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 0000000000000000

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 Pleasant Street Primary School had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 15.09.39.17.37.58.88.26.97.18.27.47.57.37.37.47.2
Teachers who left state teaching 6.9%6.9%0.0%14.3%23.7%13.3%6.7%13.3%0.0%11.0%0.0%0.0%6.2%0.0%11.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 70.6%88.2%70.6%76.5%82.4%53.3%18.8%14.3%12.5%–33.3%50.0%18.8%41.2%––
Sick days per teacher 9.715.821.49.814.02.34.40.36.8–1.42.30.53.9––

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, 19.1% of pupils at Pleasant Street Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 1 pupil.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 25 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 13 9
Social, emotional and mental health 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 0 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 Pleasant Street Primary School received £10,404 and spent £11,136 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £129,000 (£585 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £185,000£201,000£243,000£157,000£142,000£205,000£290,000£129,000
per pupil £835£891£1,208£696£637£929£1,269£585
In-year balance -£7,000£16,000£42,000-£86,000-£15,000£63,000£85,000-£161,000
per pupil -£29£72£207-£381-£68£287£372-£733

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 Pleasant Street Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pleasant Street Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Pleasant Street Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Pleasant Street Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Pleasant Street Primary School have?

Pleasant Street Primary School has 225 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pleasant Street Primary School cover?

Pleasant Street Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Pleasant Street Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Pleasant Street Primary School?

Pleasant Street Primary School is at Pleasant Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5TS.

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