Phoenix Primary School

Phoenix Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all evaluated areas during its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and included, contributing to their strong behaviour and eagerness to learn. Leaders have developed a comprehensive curriculum and are dedicated to ensuring all students, including those with special educational needs, achieve their potential. However, there are some areas for improvement, particularly in the consistency of curriculum implementation in a few subjects, which has affected some pupils' long-term retention of knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, happy, and are proud to be part of the school.
• The school has a broad and rich curriculum that engages pupils.
• Leaders prioritize reading, providing effective phonics training for staff.
• Pupils with special educational needs achieve well due to effective support.
• Staff morale is high, and they feel valued and supported by leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, the new curriculum is not fully implemented, impacting knowledge retention.
• The personal development curriculum lacks coherence, limiting opportunities for pupils to develop their interests.

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 Phoenix Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.9% 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, 3.5% of pupils at Phoenix Primary 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 Phoenix Primary School had 27.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 68.8% 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, 17.2% of pupils at Phoenix Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 18.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 1 pupil.

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 Phoenix Primary School received £11,778 and spent £12,789 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £74,000 (-£337 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 Phoenix Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Phoenix Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Phoenix Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Phoenix Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Phoenix Primary School have?

Phoenix Primary School has 227 pupils on roll.

What age range does Phoenix Primary School cover?

Phoenix Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 9% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Phoenix Primary School?

Phoenix Primary School is at Birchfield Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L7 9LY.