Kirkby CofE Primary School
Primary · Liverpool · L32 1TZ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 28 March 2023
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307 pupils · 100% of 280 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 8.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.kirkbycofe.co.uk
- URN
- 104448
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.20 first-choice applications per place40 places offered · 48 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
39 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 28 March 2023: Good
- 4 July 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- All Saints Catholic High School
- Millbrook Community Primary School
- Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision)
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School
- St Laurence's Catholic Primary School
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School
- Ravenscroft Community Primary School