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Blackmoor Park Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 0–7 · Sponsored academy
45 Leyfield Road, West Derby, Liverpool L12 9EY · bpinfant.com · 0151 228 8576
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 316
- 46 over 270 places · 117%
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- First language not English
- 6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 85 places were offered; 98% 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 | 85 | 51 | 0.6 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 63 | 57 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 79 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 76 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 77 | 0.9 | 97% |
Ofsted
Blackmoor Park Infants' School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 14 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 14 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104592)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104592), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104592)
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104592)
Dec 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104592)