Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School

Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School continues to demonstrate strong performance, maintaining its good status since the last inspection in 2017. Pupils express enjoyment and enthusiasm for learning, supported by a caring and nurturing environment fostered by knowledgeable staff. Leaders emphasize high expectations in both behavior and academic achievement, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued while promoting their development as active citizens. The ambitious curriculum is well-structured, aiding pupils in recalling their learning and achieving a love for reading, especially through their early phonics education. However, a notable concern lies with absenteeism, as many pupils, including those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds, do not attend school regularly. This issue hampers their access to the full curriculum and affects overall achievements. The school is seeking to address this to enhance attendance rates. This is the first routine inspection since the onset of the pandemic, highlighting the challenges faced during this time.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending school and express excitement about their learning.
• Leaders foster a caring and nurturing environment for students.
• High expectations for pupil behavior are effectively communicated and upheld.
• The ambitious curriculum challenges and engages pupils effectively.
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics from an early age.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Opportunities for pupils to take on leadership roles and responsibilities.
• Staff are well-supported and appreciated, contributing to a positive school culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance rates are too low, particularly among SEND and disadvantaged pupils.

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 Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.9% 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 Queen's Park CofE/Urc 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 Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School received £7,731 and spent £7,502 for each of its 375 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £312,000 (£831 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 Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School have?

Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School has 375 pupils on roll.

What age range does Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School cover?

Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School?

Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School is at Rivington Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 4NQ.