Legh Vale Primary School

Legh Vale Primary is a happy, welcoming school where pupils feel safe and proud, and where high academic expectations are matched by good achievement, including for pupils with SEND. Behaviour is strong, disruption is rare, attendance is prioritised, and pupils benefit from a broad personal development offer, clubs and trips. Reading and phonics are particular strengths, with well-trained staff and effective support for pupils who struggle.

Strengths

• High expectations for academic success across the curriculum
• Pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well
• Pupils are friendly, courteous and attentive, with rare disruption
• Strong reading and phonics provision with well-trained staff
• Effective support for pupils who struggle with reading
• Quick identification and appropriate support for pupils with SEND
• Clear routines and a strong thirst for learning
• Rigorous action to improve attendance
• Strong focus on pupils' emotional health and safety
• Wide range of clubs, trips and personal development opportunities
• Effective governing board with relevant expertise
• Positive staff culture and commitment to improvement
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, key knowledge is not clear enough for teachers
• Staff do not consistently give pupils meaningful opportunities to revisit prior learning
• Some pupils forget previously taught content and cannot build on it securely
• Pupils' understanding of British Values is limited
• Pupils do not learn about different faiths and cultures in enough depth

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 Legh Vale Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Legh Vale 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 Legh Vale Primary School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.3% 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, 24.5% of pupils at Legh Vale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 Legh Vale Primary School received £6,829 and spent £6,911 for each of its 441 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £276,000 (£627 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 Legh Vale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Legh Vale Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Legh Vale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Legh Vale Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Legh Vale Primary School have?

Legh Vale Primary School has 449 pupils on roll.

What age range does Legh Vale Primary School cover?

Legh Vale Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Legh Vale Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Legh Vale Primary School?

Legh Vale Primary School is at Legh Road, Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside, WA11 0ER.