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King David Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 427 pupils Liverpool
Ofsted: Good
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King David Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Liverpool for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Jewish religious character. It has 427 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for King David Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024. In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 26.9 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Jewish
Address Childwall Rd
Liverpool
Merseyside
L15 6WU
Phone 01512351420
Reference Number 104682

General Makeup

Number of pupils 427
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.93%
Girls: 47.07%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 3.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 21.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 30 30 60
2 36 24 60
3 33 27 60
4 27 36 63
5 31 31 62
6 41 21 62

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 63.5%
Unclassified 5.2%
White, Other 4.9%
Chinese 4.7%
Asian, Other 4.2%
Mixed, Other 4%
Indian 3.3%
Pakistani 3%
White & Asian 0.9%
African 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%

King David Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a judgement of 'Good' across all areas of inspection. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils feel proud and happy, reflecting a strong sense of community within its diverse population. The curriculum is ambitious, and the school demonstrates a commitment to high standards of education, ensuring that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well-prepared for the next stages of their education. Significant strengths lie in its early reading program and the supportive atmosphere created by the staff, but there are areas needing improvement concerning the clarity and consistency of the curriculum across all subjects.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 12 Mar 2024
Date Report
12 Mar 2024 School inspection:
11 Jan 2023 School inspection
27 Nov 2020 Monitoring visit
26 Sep 2017 Short inspection
04 Dec 2012 Full inspection:
06 Oct 2010 Full inspection:
19 Sep 2007 Full inspection:
31 Mar 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupil pride and happiness in the school environment.
  • Strong focus on reading with effective early teaching.
  • Diverse community where differences are celebrated.
  • High aspirations for pupil achievement.
  • Good relationships between staff and pupils.
  • Effective support for pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery across some subjects.
  • Lack of clarity in some subject curriculums regarding small steps of knowledge.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 66%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

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 105
Maths 105

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 -0.3
Writing 0.2
Maths 0.4

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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 31 4
Third Preference 34 0
From another Local Authority 16 5

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 King David Primary School had 425 pupils for 420 places. That is 5 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “WAVERTREE Primary” planning area

Liverpool counted 215 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 231 in 2029–30, up 7%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420420420420420420420420
Pupils 420419428427428430433429423429434436431430425
Unfilled 0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 King David Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.0%2.9%3.1%3.2%3.1%2.5%1.4%3.2%2.5%1.9%2.0%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.4%0.3%0.4%0.6%0.7%0.5%1.8%2.0%2.4%1.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.3%0.3%

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 King David 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 0.00.00.20.00.70.00.00.00.70.00.00.00.00.20.20.2
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 King David Primary School had 26.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.3% 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 13.914.615.516.617.815.715.618.320.521.522.321.121.622.717.517.8
Teachers who left state teaching 5.2%5.6%0.0%11.1%0.0%10.7%5.6%11.7%6.2%0.0%11.3%9.0%7.9%6.7%17.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 18.8%41.7%50.0%68.4%40.0%60.0%70.0%63.2%77.8%–35.3%58.8%62.5%78.9%78.9%–
Sick days per teacher 3.11.93.36.33.410.22.67.42.6–1.62.27.010.54.7–

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, 15.5% of pupils at King David Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 26 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 13 7
Speech, language and communication needs 14 4
Specific learning difficulty 6 1
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 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 King David Primary School received £6,377 and spent £6,417 for each of its 427 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £14,000 (-£32 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242026
Revenue reserve £78,000-£54,000-£91,000-£123,000-£83,000£0-£14,000
per pupil £181-£126-£211-£281-£192£1-£32
In-year balance -£31,000-£132,000-£37,000-£32,000£40,000£83,000-£17,000
per pupil -£72-£307-£86-£73£93£193-£39

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 King David Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King David Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was King David Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

King David Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does King David Primary School have?

King David Primary School has 427 pupils on roll.

What age range does King David Primary School cover?

King David Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are King David Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King David Primary School?

King David Primary School is at Childwall Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 6WU.

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