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St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L17 7BA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 June 2023

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At a glance

443 pupils · 92% of 484 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
10.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stmichaelinthehamletschool.com/
URN
133330

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 44 families named it first for 57 Reception places, 0.77 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 June 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.77 first-choice applications per place

57 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

55 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Liverpool average58%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Northmead Junior SchoolGuildford · 177 miles awayGood61%
Hatch Warren Junior SchoolBasingstoke · 167 miles awayGood59%
Eastwick Junior SchoolLeatherhead · 181 miles awayNo current grade64%
Castle Batch Primary SchoolWeston-super-Mare · 139 miles awayGood64%
Green Street Green Primary SchoolOrpington · 190 miles awayGood75%
Guillemont Junior SchoolFarnborough · 170 miles awayGood61%
Preston Primary SchoolTorquay · 204 miles awayGood60%
Brookside Community Primary SchoolStreet · 156 miles awayGood48%
Blackhorse Primary SchoolBristol · 131 miles awayExpected standard73%
Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary SchoolMarlborough · 145 miles awayGood (2019)57%
Moorfield Primary SchoolStockport · 34 miles awayExpected standard57%
The Grove Primary AcademyCamberley · 170 miles awayGood65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
8 of 8 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 74% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.73 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Liverpool: 1.76 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £43,874; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,433
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£60,905; in-year balance -£83,642

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.9%62.3%
Social housing8.4%17.1%
Privately rented21.6%20.5%
Detached houses27.6%22.9%
Flats13.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms34.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006628 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£235,000633 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£293,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (48)£435,000
Semi-detached (50)£283,500
Terraced (271)£255,000
Flat (264)£183,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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