Litherland Moss Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Liverpool, Sefton·L21 0DB
Composite score
63.7
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#2,948
National rank
#374
In North West
#8
In Sefton
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
27 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
66
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.7620231.0020240.8020250.902026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Litherland Moss Primary School yet. Sefton does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
205
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
52.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,869
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Litherland Moss Primary School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, Sefton, Litherland Moss Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 205 pupils aged 3 to 11. 80% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 20% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 93% of the families who made Litherland Moss Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 25.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% 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. Litherland Moss Primary 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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