Halsnead Primary School

Halsnead Primary School has made significant improvements since its last inspection and is now performing well across all areas, achieving a 'Good' rating overall. The school promotes a welcoming and inclusive environment where students feel safe and happy. Leaders have ambitious goals for all pupils, successfully ensuring that the curriculum is both broad and balanced while considering the specific needs of students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) as well as those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Children in the early years are particularly well-prepared for their transition to key stage 1, and the focus on personal development through varied experiences is commendable.

Strengths

• All pupils are welcomed regardless of their background.
• Strong emphasis on safeguarding and student welfare.
• Leaders have successfully developed a broad and balanced curriculum.
• High expectations of behavior lead to polite and well-mannered students.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND through training and resources.
• Children in early years settle well and are prepared for future learning.
• Engaging reading programs cultivate a love of reading among pupils.
• Strong governance that challenges and supports school leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have gaps in knowledge due to weaknesses in previous curriculum.
• Regular attendance issues for a minority of 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 Halsnead Primary School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 31.8% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Halsnead 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 Halsnead Primary School had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 28.2% of pupils at Halsnead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 2024–25 Halsnead Primary School received £7,218 and spent £7,570 for each of its 286 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £94,000 (£328 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Heath Family (North West), income was £8,879 and spending £8,893 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Prescot · Knowsley local authority: places and applications

Halsnead Primary School is part of The Heath Family (North West), which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• The Prescot School Liverpool
• The Heath School Runcorn
• Bridgewater Park Primary School Runcorn
• Palace Fields Primary Academy Runcorn
• Daresbury Primary School Warrington
• Litherland Moss Primary School Liverpool
• Litherland High School Liverpool

What is Halsnead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Halsnead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Halsnead Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Halsnead Primary School have?

Halsnead Primary School has 252 pupils on roll.

What age range does Halsnead Primary School cover?

Halsnead Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Halsnead Primary School?

Halsnead Primary School is at Pennywood Drive, Whiston, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 3TX.