Sylvester Primary Academy
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Standards maintained, November 2024
- Getting in
- Oversubscribed; last offer 0.33 mi (2026)
- Results
- 58% expected standard; 13% higher standard
- Size
- 294 pupils; 30 places a year; classes of 29
- Run by
- Wade Deacon Trust
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11 · Mixed
- Higher standard: 13%, against 6% in Knowsley.
- Sessions missed: 5.5%, against 6.5% in Knowsley.
- Suspensions per 100 pupils: 2.4, against 1.1 in Knowsley.
- Oversubscribed: 1.3 first choices for each place (Reception 2026).
At a glance
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SourceWhere these figures come from
How it is worked outKnowsley and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.
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SourceKnowsley Metropolitan Borough Council offer-day figures, 2026.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
In 2026 offers reached 0.33 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.
Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, 2026 to 2026.
- Distances are straight lines from the school.
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 30 | 58 | 30 | — | 0.33 |
A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 13 November 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
- Standards maintained
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 58% (England 62%) (county 61%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 13% (England 8%) (county 6%)
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 58% | 62% | 61% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 13% | 8% | 6% | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | (27/49) |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 5.5% of sessions missed; 19% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19%
- Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 29.1 pupils; 58% of classes have more than 30
- 25.0 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 125 m
- 17 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 5 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.8 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 19% | 1.3% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 16% | 0.0% |
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 3.8% | 2.0% | 18% | 0.0% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 6.3% | 19% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2.4 | 1.4% | 7 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1.4 | 1.1% | 4 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1.2 | 1.2% | 3 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 2.2 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 29.1 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 58% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 25.0 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 125 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 5 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 7 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 12.4 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 10.6 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 6.8 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 41% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 6.5% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 21% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 4.4% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 47% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2024.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 13 November 2024 | Ungraded visit | Standards maintained |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
- 39 families put it first for 30 places; 30 of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2017 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 30 | 39 | 57 | 30 |
| Reception | 2025 | 34 | 28 | 50 | 28 |
| Reception | 2024 | 34 | 32 | 50 | 32 |
| Reception | 2023 | 51 | 44 | 55 | 43 |
| Reception | 2022 | 34 | 28 | 50 | 28 |
| Reception | 2021 | 35 | 33 | 53 | 33 |
| Reception | 2020 | 35 | 35 | 52 | 35 |
| Reception | 2019 | 35 | 39 | 69 | 35 |
| Reception | 2018 | 30 | 39 | 73 | 27 |
| Reception | 2017 | 30 | 28 | 60 | 27 |
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2017
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 January 2017
- Wade Deacon Trust, with 10 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 January 2017
- Replaced The Sylvester Primary School (URN 104419)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
St Gabriel's CofE Primary School0.3 miSt Anne's Catholic Primary School0.6 miBlacklow Brow School0.6 miWillow Tree Primary School0.7 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- Council offer-day figures: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Liverpool and the Knowsley league table.
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