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Four Oaks Community Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L5 1XP

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 February 2022

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At a glance

345 pupils · 99% of 350 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
52.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.fouroaksprimary.co.uk
URN
150131

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 35 families named it first for 36 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 15 February 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

36 places offered · 35 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
Liverpool average58%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Co-op Academy Clarice CliffStoke-on-Trent · 45 miles awayExpected standard71%
Grendon Primary SchoolBirmingham · 83 miles awayNo current grade58%
Henbury Court Primary AcademyBristol · 133 miles awayRequires improvement60%
St James CofE Primary SchoolOldbury · 75 miles awayExpected standard59%
Stowlawn Primary SchoolBilston · 69 miles awayGood54%
Bilston Church of England Primary SchoolBilston · 70 miles awayGood69%
Waterloo Primary SchoolAshton-under-Lyne · 36 miles awayNeeds attention49%
Westcourt Primary SchoolGravesend · 198 miles awayNo current grade47%
Woodlands Primary AcademyOldham · 37 miles awayRequires improvement40%
Ince CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 17 miles awayGood48%
Ark Castledown Primary AcademyHastings · 233 miles awayStrong standard78%
Holyhead Primary AcademyWednesbury · 72 miles awayExpected standard60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 52% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Black African 14% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 8% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 6% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 0%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
15.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 23% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.9 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 £47,465; 21.7% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,381
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £186,000; in-year balance +£91,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier38%62.3%
Social housing47.2%17.1%
Privately rented14.9%20.5%
Detached houses5.4%22.9%
Flats23.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van44.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033747 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£110,000352 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£81,500–£146,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (52)£177,500
Terraced (256)£109,500
Flat (41)£72,000

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
50an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an 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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