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State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · 134 pupils

Linacre Primary School

Thornton Road, Bootle, L20 5ED · Sefton
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

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Ofsted report card · January 2026(71/71)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 14,719th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(71/71)Rank among 71 Sefton primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Sefton league table →
Inspection
Ofsted report card, January 2026
Results
17% expected standard; 0% higher standard
Size
134 pupils; 15 places a year; classes of 21
Run by
Sefton council
Type
Community school
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Ofsted, January 2026The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
AchievementUrgent improvement
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
InclusionUrgent improvement
Safeguarding standardsMet
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 17%, against 58% in Sefton.
  • Higher standard: 0%, against 5% in Sefton.
  • Sessions missed: 11.0%, against 5.0% in Sefton.
  • Persistently absent: 42.4%, against 12.4% in Sefton.
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At a glance

Against Sefton and England
This schoolSeftonEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
17%
Worse than Sefton
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
0%
Worse than Sefton
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
11.0%
Worse than Sefton
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
42.4%
Worse than Sefton
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
5.3
Worse than Sefton
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
20.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
60%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
15.4
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.7
Less sought after than Sefton
Sefton 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.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 11 families put it first for 15 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Ofsted report card (Achievement: Urgent improvement; Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Inclusion: Urgent improvement; Safeguarding standards: Met) Ofsted · inspected 20 January 2026
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 17% (England 62%) (county 58%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 0% (England 8%) (county 5%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 11% of sessions missed; 42% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 5 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 20.6 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 15.4 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 94 m, rail 716 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 41 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 8 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 13.5 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.1 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Community school is run by its local council (Sefton), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

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

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026304615——
Reception2025303210——
Reception2024302610——
Reception2023302513——
Reception2022304313——
Reception2021303113——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, 2021 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202615114511
Reception202510103010
Reception202410102610
Reception2023136236
Reception202213114211
Reception202113133113
Reception202019145014
Reception2019118328
Reception201829133713
Reception201721165716

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard17%62%58%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard0%8%5%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(71/71)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
20 January 2026Report card7 areas graded
16 May 2023Graded inspectionRequires improvement

Source: Ofsted, 2026.

Sefton league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/2511%6.0%5.0%42%6.8%
2023/2410%6.0%4.2%40%3.7%
2022/238.7%4.8%3.9%36%4.1%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Source: DfE, 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.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/255.33.0%70
2023/247.22.9%100
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size20.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher15.4November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus94
rail716

Source: DfT, 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.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20259
20243
20233
202214
202112

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 8 serious and 0 fatal in all; 9 involved a pedestrian, 12 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO213.52024
PM1011.02024
PM257.12024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals60%2025/26
First language other than English29%2025/26
SEN support25%2025/26
Education, health and care plan6.7%2025/26
Girls52%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Community school is run by its local council (Sefton), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Sefton 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 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Bootle and the Sefton league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.