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Linaker Primary School

Primary · Southport · PR8 5DB

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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: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 October 2023

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At a glance

359 pupils · 68% of 525 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35.9% of pupils
English as additional language
47.8% of pupils
SEN support
16.9% of pupils
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.linakerschool.co.uk/
URN
151390

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.2%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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

This school£5,850
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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.

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