Anfield Road Primary School
Primary · Liverpool · L4 0TN
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 1 October 2024
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702 pupils · 94% of 744 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 36.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 27.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 140975
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 65 families named it first for 74 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.88 first-choice applications per place74 places offered · 65 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Liverpool school admissions · the wider Liverpool authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
86 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 46% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Black African 14% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Any other White background 11% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Liverpool 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Not recorded 2% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 0%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
2.45 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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 8% 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)
13.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.3 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 £42,515; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve -£93,322; in-year balance -£65,806
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
- 1 October 2024: Good
- 2 July 2019: Good
- 14 February 2017: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 23.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 28.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 16.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 31.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 46.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 46.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 13.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 15.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 50.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006546 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £130,000486 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £95,000–£182,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of 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
- 13an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 16an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 87an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 19an 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