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Greenbank Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L18 1JB

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 July 2024

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At a glance

434 pupils · 90% of 480 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
34.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.greenbank-primary.co.uk
URN
133332

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 41 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 0.71 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 2 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.71 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 41 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
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
St Michael's CofE AcademyWakefield · 61 miles awayGood73%
Rowanfield Junior SchoolCheltenham · 108 miles awayGood67%
Ledbury Primary SchoolLedbury · 96 miles awayGood64%
Fairlands Primary SchoolStevenage · 153 miles awayExpected standard57%
Bedwell Primary SchoolStevenage · 154 miles awayGood55%
Cherry Tree Primary SchoolBasildon · 191 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Riverside Primary AcademyGateshead · 120 miles awayGood68%
Gray's Farm Primary AcademyOrpington · 187 miles awayStrong standard85%
Fairford Academy BarnehurstBexleyheath · 186 miles awayGood56%
Manor Primary SchoolReading · 157 miles awayGood68%
Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLeeds · 62 miles awayExpected standard45%
St Frideswide Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 135 miles awayGood33%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 32% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 18% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Liverpool 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 8% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 7% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.08 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 7% 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)

26.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 22 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 £46,128; 16.7% 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£7,406
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £200,313; in-year balance -£135,545

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier51.8%62.3%
Social housing8.7%17.1%
Privately rented39.6%20.5%
Detached houses1.5%22.9%
Flats12.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006553 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£256,000594 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£205,500–£304,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£320,000
Semi-detached (62)£317,000
Terraced (471)£257,000
Flat (56)£147,500

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
57an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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