Blackmoor Park Infants' School

About Blackmoor Park Infants' School

Blackmoor Park Infants' School in Liverpool received a Requires Improvement rating from Ofsted in its most recent graded inspection in November 2023, a rating it has held across both its recent inspections. The school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management were all graded as Requires Improvement, while early years provision also sits at Requires Improvement. The one area where the school does better is personal development, which was rated Good. This is a school that clearly has work to do on the academic front, but the Good rating for personal development suggests that children's broader character and wellbeing are being well supported. With 344 pupils on roll against a capacity of 270, the school is significantly oversubscribed, which tells you that local demand remains high despite the inspection outcome.

On academic outcomes, the school does not have published Key Stage 2 SATs results because it is an infants' school taking children only up to age seven, so there is no direct comparison to the Liverpool local authority average of 59 for KS2. The most informative metric here is the oversubscription data for the 2025/26 admissions round: the school received 129 applications for 63 places, with 57 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.05. That level of demand suggests that local parents see value in the school that may not be fully captured by the Ofsted rating alone. The school's nursery provision means it takes children from age zero, which may also be a factor in its popularity. For a more direct academic benchmark, parents might look to the nearest Outstanding-rated primary, Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School, which is 2.7 km away.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a forest school, music rooms, a sports hall, and a chapel, plus a broad sports programme covering tennis, netball, swimming, gymnastics, cricket, athletics, and cross country. Clubs include drama, choir, chess, eco club, and art club. For SEND support, the school caters for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that will suit families in the Liverpool area who value a strong personal development focus and a wide extracurricular offer, and who are comfortable with a Requires Improvement academic rating. The high oversubscription means applying early and as a first preference is essential.

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