Allanson Street Primary School

Allanson Street Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since the last inspection. The school's environment promotes belonging, confidence, and resilience among its pupils, who are eager to learn and participate actively in school life. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively designed, allowing students to engage with a range of subjects while emphasizing local history and community involvement. Additionally, the school is particularly strong in fostering pupils' wider development through various extracurricular activities and experiences that help shape them into responsible individuals.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate excellent behaviour and positive attitudes towards learning.
• Strong curriculum design that builds both academic knowledge and pride in the local area.
• Effective support systems in place for pupils with additional needs.
• Robust provision for wider pupil development, including public speaking and extracurricular activities.
• Caring relationships foster a positive school culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the delivery of the phonics programme hindering some pupils' fluency.
• Limited opportunities for pupils to recall prior learning, affecting knowledge retention.

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 Allanson Street Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Allanson Street 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 Allanson Street Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.7% 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, 22.9% of pupils at Allanson Street Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% 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 Allanson Street Primary School received £8,488 and spent £8,051 for each of its 442 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £582,000 (£1,318 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 Allanson Street Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Allanson Street Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Allanson Street Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Allanson Street Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Allanson Street Primary School have?

Allanson Street Primary School has 454 pupils on roll.

What age range does Allanson Street Primary School cover?

Allanson Street Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Allanson Street Primary School?

Allanson Street Primary School is at Gaskell Street, Parr, St Helens, Merseyside, Merseyside, WA9 1PL.