Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School

Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School is a highly effective school where pupils thrive. Inspectors found exceptional provision across the curriculum, behaviour, personal development, leadership and early years, with pupils making very strong progress and achieving highly. The school has a broad, ambitious curriculum that builds securely from Reception to Year 6, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly and supported highly effectively. Reading is a clear priority, and children get off to a strong start in phonics in the early years. Pupils’ behaviour is impeccable, classrooms are orderly and purposeful, and pupils take real pride in leadership roles and enrichment activities. Personal development is a standout feature, with an unusually wide range of opportunities including podcasts, citizenship work and an enrichment award scheme. Staff know families well, governors contribute significantly, and staff feel valued and supported with their workload and well-being. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and its first section 5 inspection since January 2015, when it was previously judged outstanding and exempt from routine inspection. There has since been a change of headteacher. Under the current framework the school receives no overall effectiveness grade, but all key judgements are outstanding and no areas for improvement were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Ambitious and broad curriculum that flows seamlessly from early years to Year 6
• Pupils learn subjects in depth and remember their learning exceptionally well
• Highly effective identification and support for pupils with SEND
• Staff receive regular training and have strong subject knowledge
• Teachers check learning carefully and use assessment to address gaps and misconceptions
• Reading is prioritised throughout the school, with expert phonics teaching
• Pupils behave impeccably in lessons and at social times
• Personal development provision is exemplary, with an exceptional range of enrichment opportunities
• Pupils take on meaningful leadership roles and develop active citizenship
• The school knows families extremely well and works in strong partnership with them
• Governors make a significant contribution to school development
• Staff are proud to work at the school and feel their workload and well-being are considered
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

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 Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Eccleston Lane Ends 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 Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.8% of pupils at Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School received £6,893 and spent £7,263 for each of its 244 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £180,000 (-£736 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 Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School have?

Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School has 244 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School cover?

Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School?

Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School is at Albany Avenue, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 2QN.