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Plantation Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Hollies Road, Halewood, Liverpool L26 0TH · plantationprimary.com · 0151 487 5678
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Knowsley 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 485
- 77% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- First language not English
- 5.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 72 places were offered; 100% 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 | 72 | 53 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 69 | 58 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 74 | 58 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104441)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Plantation Primary School on 19 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 19 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |