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The Grange Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 288 pupils Bootle
Ofsted: Good
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The Grange Primary School is an academy converter in Bootle for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 288 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for The Grange Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023 of its predecessor, The Grange Primary School. In 2025, 28% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Absence is higher than at almost all other primary schools, with 9.3% of sessions missed in 2024/25 against 5.2% nationally, and 34% of pupils were persistently absent. It has more teachers for its size than most primary schools: 14.6 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: August 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Stonyfield
Sefton
Bootle
Merseyside
L30 0QS
Phone 01519247917
Reference Number 150851

General Makeup

Number of pupils 288
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.56%
Girls: 44.44%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 50.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 18.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 14 31
2 20 14 34
3 16 18 34
4 25 17 42
5 23 21 44
6 26 15 41

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.1%
African 1%
White, Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
White & Asian 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Irish 0.3%
Mixed, Other 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, The Grange Primary School, inspected in July 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Aug 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 28%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 101
Maths 101
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 1
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 The Grange Primary School had 259 pupils for 300 places. 41 places (13.7%) were unfilled.

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%.

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 The Grange Primary School attended 90.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 34.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 7.0%
Unauthorised absence 2.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.9%

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 The Grange Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.8
Permanent exclusions 0

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 The Grange Primary School had 14.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 5.65.3
Teachers who left state teaching 13.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 58.6%–
Sick days per teacher 9.1–

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, 16.0% of pupils at The Grange Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 24.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 49 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 17 46
Social, emotional and mental health 12 8
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 15
Moderate learning difficulty 12 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 The Grange Primary School received £13,049 and spent £12,722 for each of its 285 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £7,000 (-£25 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Lydiate Learning Trust, income was £8,720 and spending £8,725 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve -£7,000
per pupil -£25
In-year balance £93,000
per pupil £327

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
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Copy Lane, Netherton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 7PG
0.47 miles
Netherton Moss Primary School
Swifts Lane, Netherton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 3RU
0.49 miles
St Oswald's Church of England Primary School
Ronald Ross Avenue, Netherton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 5RH
0.55 miles
Holy Spirit Catholic Academy
Poulsom Drive, Holy Spirit Catholic Academy Poulsom Drive, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 2NR
0.58 miles
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School
Stand Park Avenue, Netherton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 3SA
0.83 miles
St William of York Catholic Primary School
St William Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9XH
1.01 miles
Litherland Moss Primary School
Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB
1.04 miles
The Motiv8 School
Gordon Centre, Brecon Avenue, Sefton, L30 1RQ
1.13 miles
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School
Ford Close, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0EP
1.3 miles
Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School
Forefield Lane, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9SL
1.36 miles
Hatton Hill Primary School
Alwyn Avenue, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 9NZ
1.36 miles
Forefield Junior School
Forefield Lane, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9TJ
1.4 miles
Aintree Davenhill Primary School
Aintree Lane, Aintree Village, Aintree Davenhill Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L10 8LE
1.63 miles
Hudson Primary School
Moorhey Road, Maghull, Liverpool, Merseyside, L31 5LE
1.64 miles
St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School
Church Road, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 8NZ
1.66 miles
St George's Catholic Primary School
Dennett Close, Maghull, Liverpool, Merseyside, L31 5PD
1.66 miles
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
School Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 7LX
1.68 miles
Great Crosby Catholic Primary School
The Northern Road, Sefton, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 2RQ
1.74 miles
Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School
Oriel Drive, Aintree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L10 6NJ
1.77 miles
St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School
Harris Drive, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6ED
1.79 miles
Name Distance
Newfield School
Edge Lane, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 4TG
0.87 miles
Rowan Park School
Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB
0.93 miles
Litherland High School
Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB
0.96 miles
Chesterfield High School
Chesterfield Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9YB
1.13 miles
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Netherton Way, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 2NA
1.27 miles
Holy Family Catholic High School
Virgins Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 4UL
1.34 miles
Maghull High School
Ormonde Drive, Maghull, Liverpool, Merseyside, L31 7AW
1.42 miles
PANDA Schools
75 Captains Lane, Bootle, L30 9SY
1.49 miles
Foundations for LIFE School
Essex House, Bridle Road, Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, L30 4UE
1.5 miles
Crosby High School
De Villiers Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 2TH
1.76 miles
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 5TF
1.89 miles
Maricourt Catholic High School
Hall Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, Merseyside, L31 3DZ
1.89 miles
Olsen House School
85-87 Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 5TD
1.93 miles
St. Mary's College
St. Mary's College, Liverpool, L23 5TW
2.03 miles
Merchant Taylors' Schools
186 Liverpool Road, Liverpool, L23 0QP
2.07 miles
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Fernhill Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ
2.09 miles
Deyes High School
Deyes Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, Merseyside, L31 6DE
2.09 miles
St Michaels Church of England Academy
St Michaels Road, Crosby, L23 7UL
2.38 miles
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
55 Long Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 7BF
2.4 miles
Dixons Fazakerley Academy
Sherwoods Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Merseyside, L10 1LB
2.64 miles

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

The Grange Primary School is part of Lydiate Learning Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

What is The Grange Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Grange Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023 of its predecessor, The Grange Primary School.

When was The Grange Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Grange Primary School was last inspected in August 2024.

How many pupils does The Grange Primary School have?

The Grange Primary School has 288 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Grange Primary School cover?

The Grange Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 28% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Grange Primary School?

The Grange Primary School is at Stonyfield, Sefton, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 0QS.

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