Broad Square Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Liverpool·L11 1BS
Composite score
63.5
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#2,995
National rank
#383
In North West
#14
In Liverpool
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
75
any preference, for 40 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9220230.9820240.9120250.972026

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

Every child who put Broad Square Community Primary 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
410
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,321
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Broad Square Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, Broad Square Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 410 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 20% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Broad Square Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 40 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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