Broad Square Community Primary School

Broad Square Community Primary School has been rated as good overall, reflecting a positive learning environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and valued. The school excels in providing an engaging curriculum, particularly in the early years, where children achieve exceptionally well. Teachers possess the necessary subject knowledge to deliver effective lessons, leading to strong academic performance. Noteworthy strengths include the supportive atmosphere that encourages resilience and a variety of extracurricular activities that enhance student engagement and personal development. However, the school is still addressing some challenges, particularly in ensuring that all subjects provide adequate opportunities for pupils to reinforce their previous learning.

Strengths

• Strong focus on personal development and well-being of pupils.
• Effective adaptation of lessons for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• High-quality early years provision leading to exceptional outcomes.
• Engaging and well-designed curriculum across key stages.
• Successful initiatives to promote reading and literacy.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack opportunities for pupils to recall previously learned information, leading to gaps in 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 Broad Square Community Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.9% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Broad Square Community 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 Broad Square Community Primary School had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% 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, 21.5% of pupils at Broad Square Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Broad Square Community Primary School received £8,088 and spent £8,122 for each of its 391 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £119,000 (£305 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 Broad Square Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broad Square Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Broad Square Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Broad Square Community Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Broad Square Community Primary School have?

Broad Square Community Primary School has 396 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broad Square Community Primary School cover?

Broad Square Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Broad Square Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broad Square Community Primary School?

Broad Square Community Primary School is at Broad Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, L11 1BS.