Wavertree Church of England School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Liverpool·L15 8HJ
Composite score
21.4
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#14,314
National rank
#2214
In North West
#103
In Liverpool
Top 97%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
33%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
8 first choices, 8 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 8 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.48
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220220.7820230.6920240.5220251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Wavertree Church of England School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
157
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
59.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,895
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Wavertree Church of England School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, Wavertree Church of England School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 157 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 104 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Wavertree Church of England School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 8 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.5%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 59% 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. Wavertree Church of England School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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 above.

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