Plantation Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Liverpool, Knowsley·L26 0TH
Composite score
45.2
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#9,050
National rank
#1298
In North West
#24
In Knowsley
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
53 first choices, 72 places
First choices per place
0.74
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
124
any preference, for 72 places
Applications from another council area
11%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Plantation 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
478
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,738
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Plantation Primary School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, Knowsley, Plantation Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 478 pupils aged 3 to 11. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% 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 Plantation Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 72 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Plantation 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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