Prescot Primary School
Prescot Primary School is an academy converter in Prescot for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 448 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Prescot Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2022 of its predecessor, Prescot Primary School.
Ofsted inspection: February 2025.
| Type | Primary / Academy converter |
| Age Range | 3-11 |
| Religion | Does not apply |
| Address | Maryville Road Prescot Merseyside L34 2TA |
| Reference Number | 151259 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 448 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 48.44%
Girls: 51.56% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 27.2% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 10% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 28.6 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 28.8 |
| Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 28.4 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 34 | 59 |
| 2 | 25 | 33 | 58 |
| 3 | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| 4 | 30 | 27 | 57 |
| 5 | 23 | 36 | 59 |
| 6 | 26 | 23 | 49 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 84.8% |
| Indian | 2.5% |
| Asian, Other | 2.5% |
| White, Other | 2.2% |
| Chinese | 1.6% |
| African | 1.6% |
| White & Asian | 1.1% |
| Unclassified | 1.1% |
| White & Black (African) | 0.9% |
| Mixed, Other | 0.9% |
| White & Black (Caribbean) | 0.4% |
| Irish | 0.2% |
| Caribbean | 0.2% |
This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Prescot Primary School, inspected in April 2022.
| Overall Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Last Report Date | This school has not had an inspection yet. |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 07 Feb 2025 | Academy conversion letter |
Reception admissions, 2026 entry
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 43 | 12 |
| Third Preference | 31 | 0 |
| From another Local Authority | 6 | 3 |
Places and pupil numbers
In 2024–25 Prescot Primary School had 398 pupils for 420 places. 22 places (5.2%) were unfilled.
Reception intake in the “Central East Primary” planning area
Knowsley counted 271 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 275 in 2029–30, up 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 2025–26 Prescot Primary School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).
Pupils per teacher
| 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 10.1 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | – |
| Sick days per teacher | – |
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, 21.0% of pupils at Prescot Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 | 34 | 12 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 31 | 0 |
| Social, emotional and mental health | 14 | 0 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 8 | 5 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 3 | 0 |
| Hearing impairment | 2 | 0 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 0 | 2 |
| Down's syndrome | 0 | 1 |
| Multi-sensory impairment | 1 | 0 |
| Other difficulty or disability | 1 | 0 |
| Vision impairment | 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.
| Name | Distance |
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Evelyn Community Primary School
Evelyn Avenue, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 2SP |
0.2 miles |
|
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School
Albany Avenue, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 2QN |
0.25 miles |
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Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Ward Street, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 6JJ |
0.46 miles |
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St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Shaw Lane, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 5AT |
0.58 miles |
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St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School
Bryer Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 5DN |
0.66 miles |
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Longton Lane Community Primary School
Longton Lane, Rainhill, St Helens, Merseyside, L35 8PB |
0.88 miles |
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Whiston Willis Primary Academy
Milton Avenue, Whiston, Milton Avenue, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 2XY |
0.88 miles |
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Halsnead Primary School
Pennywood Drive, Whiston, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 3TX |
1.16 miles |
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St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community
Lickers Lane, Whiston, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 3SR |
1.26 miles |
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Nutgrove Methodist Primary School
Govett Road, Nutgrove, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5NH |
1.37 miles |
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St Austin's Catholic Primary School
Heath Street, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5NJ |
1.4 miles |
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St Ann's Church of England Primary School
View Road, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 0LQ |
1.43 miles |
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Willow Tree Primary School
Bedford Close, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 1XH |
1.56 miles |
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Eccleston Mere Primary School
Saleswood Avenue, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 5NX |
1.63 miles |
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Thatto Heath Community Primary School
Hobart Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5QX |
1.69 miles |
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Rainhill Community Nursery
Deepdale Drive, Prescot, L35 4NW |
1.71 miles |
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Edenfield Crescent, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 6DS |
1.77 miles |
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St John Vianney Catholic Primary School
Elton Head Road, Sutton Heath, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5BT |
1.8 miles |
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Oakdene Primary Academy
Ashton Avenue, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 0QQ |
1.84 miles |
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St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
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1.88 miles |
| Name | Distance |
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The Prescot School
Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, Merseyside, L34 3NB |
0.82 miles |
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Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Cumber Lane, Whiston, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 2XG |
0.91 miles |
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Carmel College
Prescot Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 3AG |
1.3 miles |
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Alt Bridge School
Wellcroft Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 7TA |
1.91 miles |
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Rainhill High School
Warrington Road, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 6NY |
1.98 miles |
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Tower College
Mill Lane, Prescot, L35 6NE |
2.02 miles |
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De La Salle School
Mill Brow, Eccleston, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 4QH |
2.07 miles |
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Lord Derby Academy
Seel Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 6DG |
2.09 miles |
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Lawrence House School
8 Huyton Church Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 5SJ |
2.17 miles |
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The Sutton Academy
Elton Head Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5AU |
2.51 miles |
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St Helens College
Water Street, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1PP |
2.67 miles |
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Ash Meadow School
Jubits Lane, St Helens, WA9 4RT |
2.92 miles |
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This Is My Education - TIME
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3.07 miles |
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Cowley International College
Hard Lane, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6PN |
3.09 miles |
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Lakeside School
Naylors Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L27 2YA |
3.1 miles |
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St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs
Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 9HN |
3.77 miles |
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Gateacre School
Hedgefield Road, Belle Vale, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 2RW |
3.81 miles |
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St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
Berrys Lane, Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 3HE |
3.9 miles |
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Broughton Hall Catholic High School
Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 9HJ |
3.92 miles |
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Mill Green School
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3.96 miles |
All schools in Prescot · Knowsley local authority: places and applications
Prescot Primary School is part of The Rowan Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:
- Plantation Primary School Liverpool
- Kirkby High School Liverpool
- Orrell Holgate Academy Wigan
- Marus Bridge Primary School Wigan
- Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy Wigan
- Hawkley Hall High School Wigan
- The Acorns Primary and Nursery School Ellesmere Port
- Whitley Village School Warrington
- Farington Primary School Leyland
- The Heys School Manchester
What is Prescot Primary School's Ofsted rating?
The latest Ofsted rating for Prescot Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2022 of its predecessor, Prescot Primary School.
When was Prescot Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?
Prescot Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.
How many pupils does Prescot Primary School have?
Prescot Primary School has 448 pupils on roll.
What age range does Prescot Primary School cover?
Prescot Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Prescot Primary School?
Prescot Primary School is at Maryville Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 2TA.