Ofsted: Good trending_up Places Available emoji_events #44 in Sefton public Top 65% UK

Waterloo Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Ruth Baldwin

location_onLiverpool, L22 0LD

language Visit Website phone 1519284274

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

370

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Expected Standard

55%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Waterloo Primary School is a Community school primary school in Liverpool, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 65% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Waterloo Primary School is a community school in Liverpool, Sefton, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 370 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 2% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #44 of 75 primaries in Sefton and #9,573 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 10.3%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

55%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading61% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing67% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths69% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading68% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing55% LA 69% · Eng 71%

Maths57% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.1

Read

LA 0.4

-2.8 to 0.7

-1.2

Write

LA -0.1

-2.8 to 0.5

-2.9

Maths

LA -0.2

-4.5 to -1.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

39%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading55% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing59% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths69% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.2

Read

LA -0.1

-2.9 to 0.5

-1.5

Write

LA -0.6

-3.1 to 0.1

-0.9

Maths

LA 0.1

-2.4 to 0.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

49%

LA 65%

Reading75% LA 77%

Writing72% LA 77%

Maths58% LA 78%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.9

Read

LA 1.0

1.3 to 4.5

0.9

Write

LA 0.0

-0.6 to 2.4

1.3

Maths

LA 0.9

-0.2 to 2.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

22 February 2022

Inspection Report

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16 November 2016

Inspection Report

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25 February 2015

Inspection Report

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13 November 2014

Inspection Report

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15 January 2013

Inspection Report

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02 February 2010

Inspection Report

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22 September 2008

Inspection Report

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07 February 2007

Inspection Report

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25 February 2002

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-11-16

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-11-13

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

2.5%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.6%(7 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 433 pupils. During this period, there were 11 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.5%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	433	11	2.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	434	2	0.5%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	422	3	0.7%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	379	2	0.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	370	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	365	3	0.8%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	381	2	0.5%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	382	3	0.8%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	384	4	1.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	404	11	2.7%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	400	2	0.5%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	398	3	0.8%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	391	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	391	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	394	6	1.5%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	385	2	0.5%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	382	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	388	2	0.5%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	380	2	0.5%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	387	1	0.3%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	385	7	1.8%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	380	4	1.1%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	382	2	0.5%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	384	3	0.8%	0.5%