Marshside Primary School

Marshside Primary School has made significant progress since its last inspection and is now recognized as a good school across all quality domains. It provides a welcoming and supportive environment where pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), feel happy and safe. The school's curriculum is broad and balanced, aimed at fostering a love of learning and ensuring pupils achieve well. Notably, the school has effectively engaged parents in the educational journey, helping cultivate a close-knit community that enhances the overall student experience.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high standards of behaviour and are well-mannered.
• The curriculum is broad and balanced, meeting the diverse needs of pupils.
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics, enabling most pupils to read confidently by the end of Year 2.
• Effective support for special educational needs, promoting independence among SEND pupils.
• Positive parental engagement and community involvement enhance the school environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Some older pupils have residual knowledge gaps due to previous curriculum shortcomings.
• A few pupils do not always demonstrate respect during social times, risking the positive school culture.

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 Marshside Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.0% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Marshside 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 Marshside Primary School had 14.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.0% 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, 10.8% of pupils at Marshside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 17.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 24 pupils.

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 Marshside Primary School received £10,412 and spent £10,167 for each of its 204 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £219,000 (£1,074 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 Marshside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marshside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Marshside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marshside Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Marshside Primary School have?

Marshside Primary School has 204 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marshside Primary School cover?

Marshside Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Marshside Primary School?

Marshside Primary School is at Elswick Road, Marshside, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9XA.