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Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery

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

personMrs Lesley Roach

location_onLiverpool, L9 3BU

language Visit Website phone 1515259776

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

646

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Expected Standard

53%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery is a Community school primary school in Liverpool, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 76% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery is a community school in Liverpool, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 627 pupils on roll, of whom 33% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 6% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #72 of 105 primaries in Liverpool and #9,757 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 55%

Reading71% LA 68%

Writing67% LA 66%

Maths66% LA 66%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 55%England 61%

Reading83% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing69% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths71% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

36%

LA 53%England 60%

Reading67% LA 66% · Eng 73%

Writing71% LA 65% · Eng 71%

Maths49% LA 65% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.7

Read

LA -0.3

-3.1 to -0.4

-0.4

Write

LA 0.3

-1.7 to 0.9

-3.4

Maths

LA -0.5

-4.7 to -2.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

64%

LA 59%England 65%

Reading72% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing84% LA 71% · Eng 78%

Maths77% LA 73% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.8

Read

LA 0.3

-4.1 to -1.5

0.3

Write

LA 0.3

-0.9 to 1.5

-1.9

Maths

LA 0.2

-3.1 to -0.8

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 59%

Reading74% LA 70%

Writing83% LA 72%

Maths74% LA 71%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA 0.0

-2.9 to -0.3

-0.1

Write

LA 0.1

-1.3 to 1.1

-1.3

Maths

LA 0.3

-2.5 to -0.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

10 October 2023

Inspection Report

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12 June 2018

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

1 Evaluations

2018-06-12

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

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

0.6%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 627 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.6%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	627	4	0.6%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	612	4	0.7%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	661	3	0.5%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	659	1	0.2%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	639	6	0.9%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	659	2	0.3%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	646	2	0.3%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	643	2	0.3%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	669	2	0.3%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	643	2	0.3%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	625	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	655	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	636	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	636	1	0.2%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	665	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	665	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	643	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	702	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	691	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	668	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	712	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	705	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	681	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	733	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	710	5	0.7%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	694	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 46 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 37 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 23 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Visual Impairment 3 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 3 pupils

Hearing Impairment 2 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils