Kingsley Community School

Kingsley Community School continues to demonstrate a good standard of education, celebrating diversity and fostering a safe, welcoming environment for all pupils. Relationships between pupils, their families, and staff are strong, which contributes to a positive and calm atmosphere throughout the school. With high expectations set by teachers for both behavior and academic achievement, pupils respond well, enjoying the challenges of learning and the recognition for their efforts. The school offers a broad and ambitious curriculum that is accessible to all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, there are some areas where the curriculum needs refinement, particularly in defining the precise knowledge that pupils should learn in certain subjects. Overall, the school is effectively led, with a strong commitment to staff well-being and a focus on safeguarding, although some small improvements are planned to enhance educational outcomes further.

Strengths

• Strong relationships developed between staff, pupils, and families.
• High expectations for behavior and academic success.
• Safe and welcoming environment where diversity is celebrated.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that meets the needs of all pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND to access the curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on reading and well-implemented phonics programme.
• Positive behavior management resulting in a calm and purposeful atmosphere.
• Valuable extra-curricular opportunities that enhance pupils' learning experiences.
• Well-led school with effective governance supporting leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum refinement needed in a small number of subjects to ensure pupils build securely on prior knowledge.

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 Kingsley Community School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Kingsley Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Kingsley Community School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.6% 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, 31.7% of pupils at Kingsley Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 Kingsley Community School received £9,247 and spent £9,935 for each of its 456 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £299,000 (£657 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 Kingsley Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kingsley Community School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Kingsley Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingsley Community School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Kingsley Community School have?

Kingsley Community School has 495 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingsley Community School cover?

Kingsley Community School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Kingsley Community School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kingsley Community School?

Kingsley Community School is at Eversley Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 2TG.