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Litherland Moss Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 208 pupils Liverpool
Ofsted: Good
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Litherland Moss Primary School is an academy converter in Liverpool for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 208 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Litherland Moss Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2017 of its predecessor, Litherland Moss Primary School. In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Sterrix Lane
Litherland
Liverpool
Merseyside
L21 0DB
Phone 01519284544
Reference Number 146187

General Makeup

Number of pupils 208
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.52%
Girls: 50.48%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 51.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 17.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 16 26
2 17 6 23
3 13 13 26
4 12 15 27
5 14 11 25
6 14 16 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 76%
White, Other 6.3%
African 5.3%
Unclassified 4.3%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
White & Asian 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Litherland Moss Primary School, inspected in February 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 10 Jan 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
10 Jan 2023 School inspection
12 Sep 2018 Academy conversion letter
21 Feb 2017 Full inspection:
Previously as Litherland Moss Primary School
04 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
31 Jan 2013 Monitoring visit
30 May 2012 Full inspection:
29 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
08 Feb 2006 Full inspection:
01 Mar 2004 Inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 80%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.7
Writing 3
Maths 1.5

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 5
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Litherland Moss Primary School had 192 pupils for 210 places. 18 places (8.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Bootle & Litherland Primary” planning area

Sefton counted 738 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 734 in 2029–30, down 1%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210
Pupils 184189195197193192
Unfilled 12.4%10.0%7.1%6.2%8.1%8.6%

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 Litherland Moss Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.0%2.3%5.1%4.8%4.3%4.9%
Unauthorised absence 3.2%1.5%1.9%2.1%2.4%2.8%
Severely absent pupils 1.8%2.2%2.3%0.0%1.7%0.6%

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, 1.5% of pupils at Litherland Moss Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 4.33.21.43.83.93.42.9
Permanent exclusions 0100000

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 Litherland Moss Primary School had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.09.29.410.010.38.615.88.2
Teachers who left state teaching 14.4%7.9%8.5%9.4%11.1%14.3%5.1%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 30.8%–50.0%66.7%42.9%0.0%0.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.0–3.06.72.50.00.0–

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, 26.4% of pupils at Litherland Moss Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 27 8
Social, emotional and mental health 9 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 8 1
Specific learning difficulty 7 0
Moderate learning difficulty 3 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Litherland Moss Primary School received £8,467 and spent £8,495 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £64,000 (£312 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

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £101,000£99,000£73,000£91,000£28,000£54,000£64,000
per pupil £537£466£372£448£137£258£312
In-year balance £52,000-£0£69,000£13,000-£60,000£176,000-£6,000
per pupil £280-£2£353£64-£300£846-£28

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.

Name Distance
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0.48 miles
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School
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0.53 miles
Netherton Moss Primary School
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0.55 miles
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The Motiv8 School
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0.69 miles
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
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St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School
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0.75 miles
Hatton Hill Primary School
Alwyn Avenue, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 9NZ
0.75 miles
St Oswald's Church of England Primary School
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0.77 miles
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School
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0.8 miles
Springwell Park Community Primary School
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0.88 miles
The Grange Primary School
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1.04 miles
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School
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1.12 miles
Greenacre Community Nursery School
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1.16 miles
King's Lander Primary Academy
Pennington Road, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 8HY
1.21 miles
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Copy Lane, Netherton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 7PG
1.22 miles
Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School
Forefield Lane, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9SL
1.33 miles
Linacre Primary School
Thornton Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 5ED
1.37 miles
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
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1.37 miles
Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School
Sandy Road, Seaforth, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 1AD
1.38 miles
Name Distance
Rowan Park School
Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB
0.12 miles
Litherland High School
Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB
0.19 miles
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Netherton Way, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 2NA
0.36 miles
PANDA Schools
75 Captains Lane, Bootle, L30 9SY
0.52 miles
Foundations for LIFE School
Essex House, Bridle Road, Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, L30 4UE
0.76 miles
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Fernhill Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ
1.06 miles
Chesterfield High School
Chesterfield Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9YB
1.27 miles
Newfield School
Edge Lane, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 4TG
1.32 miles
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 5TF
1.71 miles
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
55 Long Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 7BF
1.71 miles
Merchant Taylors' Schools
186 Liverpool Road, Liverpool, L23 0QP
1.78 miles
Holy Family Catholic High School
Virgins Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 4UL
1.82 miles
Olsen House School
85-87 Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 5TD
1.83 miles
St. Mary's College
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1.91 miles
Crosby High School
De Villiers Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 2TH
1.98 miles
Liverpool Progressive School
Rice Lane, Walton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 1NR
2.08 miles
Hillside High School
Breeze Hill, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 9NU
2.1 miles
Maghull High School
Ormonde Drive, Maghull, Liverpool, Merseyside, L31 7AW
2.33 miles
Hugh Baird College
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2.33 miles
Birtenshaw School Merseyside
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2.33 miles

All schools in Liverpool · Sefton local authority: places and applications

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

What is Litherland Moss Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Litherland Moss Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2017 of its predecessor, Litherland Moss Primary School.

When was Litherland Moss Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Litherland Moss Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Litherland Moss Primary School have?

Litherland Moss Primary School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Litherland Moss Primary School cover?

Litherland Moss Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Litherland Moss Primary School?

Litherland Moss Primary School is at Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB.

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