Middlefield Community Primary School

Middlefield Community Primary School has continued its positive performance, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils express happiness and enthusiasm about their school environment, engaging well with academics and extracurricular activities. The school's curriculum is thoughtfully designed, catering to diverse learning needs from early years through key stages, and includes rich experiences outside the classroom that foster learning. The commitment to high academic expectations and the positive behavior of students contribute to an effective learning atmosphere. Despite its strengths, there are some areas needing improvement, particularly in assessing and retaining knowledge across certain subjects. While teaching methods are largely effective, inconsistencies exist in assessment strategies that can hinder some students' progress. The school has identified these areas for development to ensure that all pupils continue to achieve their potential while reinforcing their foundational knowledge and skills.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy attending school.
• Positive behaviour creates a calm learning environment.
• High expectations for academic achievement.
• Engaging curriculum with opportunities for wider experiences.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, enabling substantial progress.
• Effective monitoring and support systems for attendance.
• Well-supported staff with a focus on work-life balance.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in assessment strategies in a few subjects.
• Some subjects lack opportunities for pupils to revisit essential knowledge.

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 Middlefield Community Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Middlefield 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 Middlefield Community Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Middlefield Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Middlefield Community Primary School received £8,811 and spent £9,015 for each of its 342 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £114,000 (£335 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 Middlefield Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Middlefield Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Middlefield Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Middlefield Community Primary School have?

Middlefield Community Primary School has 353 pupils on roll.

What age range does Middlefield Community Primary School cover?

Middlefield Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Middlefield Community Primary School?

Middlefield Community Primary School is at Alderwood Avenue, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside, L24 2UE.