Linacre Primary School
About the school
Linacre Primary School is an open primary school in Sefton.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 20 January 2026
- Published
- 23 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 17%
- Sefton
- 58%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Sefton
- 5%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 38%
- Sefton
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 25%
- Sefton
- 69%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 46%
- Sefton
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 38%
- Sefton
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 4%
- Sefton
- 26%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 67%
- Sefton
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 98
- Sefton
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 98
- Sefton
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Sefton
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
132
Girls
52.27%
Boys
47.73%
SEN support
21.97%
Education, health and care plan
4.55%
English as an additional language
31.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
59.17%
Overall absence
10.96
Persistent absence
42.42