Childwall Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Liverpool·L16 0JD
Composite score
59.0
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#4,230
National rank
#547
In North West
#24
In Liverpool
Top 29%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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
95%
62 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
133
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
10%

Liverpool does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Childwall Church of England Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
421
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
2.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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About Childwall Church of England Primary School

Childwall Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 421 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 62% 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 12.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 29% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Childwall Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 62 first choices for 60 places. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 2% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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