Phoenix Primary School

School overview

Phoenix Primary School is a primary school serving Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 229 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Phoenix Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 9% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 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 100 in reading and 95 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Phoenix Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 23.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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 you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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.