Westvale Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Liverpool, Knowsley
L32 0RQ
Composite score
47.0

School overview

Westvale Primary School is a primary school serving Liverpool, Knowsley, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 211 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Requires improvement' in December 2025. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 10.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 66% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Westvale Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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National rank
#1198
In North West
#21
In Knowsley
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 02/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

School profile

Pupils on roll 211 % FSM ever-6 66.1% % EAL 19.0% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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