Matthew Arnold Primary School

About Matthew Arnold Primary School

Matthew Arnold Primary School in Liverpool has been rated Good by Ofsted across every category in its most recent graded inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The school’s most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard: 43% of pupils achieved this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits below the Liverpool local authority average of 59%, placing the school 86th out of 115 primary schools in the area. Digging into the individual subjects, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, 57% in writing, and 79% in maths. The average scores in reading and maths were 104 and 103 respectively, both slightly above the national average of 100. At the higher standard, 21% of pupils achieved in reading, 14% in maths, and 7% in writing, while just 4% hit the higher threshold across all three subjects. The school’s national ranking places it in the bottom half of primary schools for this combined measure.

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