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Blacklow Brow School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Tarbock Road, Huyton, Liverpool L36 5XW · blacklowbrowschool.co.uk · 0151 477 8010
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 86%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Knowsley 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 235
- 100% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- First language not English
- 0.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Dean Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 66% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 44 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 43 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 45 | 1.5▲ | 53% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
Results
In 2024/25, 86% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Knowsley it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲86% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104445)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Blacklow Brow School on 20 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 20 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104445), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104445)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Positive
- 86%
- Replies
- 59
- 25% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (3%) whose child was bullied
based on 9 parents (15%) with SEND