St Gabriel's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Liverpool, Knowsley·L36 6BH
Composite score
46.2
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#8,720
National rank
#1247
In North West
#23
In Knowsley
Top 59%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
35
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320220.9720230.9620240.7820250.852026

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

Every child who put St Gabriel's CofE 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
205
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
34.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,090
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Gabriel's CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Liverpool, Knowsley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 205 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 'Good'. 71% 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 19.0 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 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Gabriel's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.4%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% 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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