Mosspits Lane Primary School

About Mosspits Lane Primary School

Mosspits Lane Primary School sits within the Liverpool local authority, where it ranks 36th out of 102 primary schools — comfortably inside the top half of its peers. Among the highest-scoring schools in the area are Sudley Primary School, Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School in Woolton, and Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School, all of which sit above Mosspits Lane in the local rankings. The school is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary for children aged 4 to 11, with no religious character. Headteacher Peter Heery leads a school that currently has 395 pupils on roll, just shy of its 420-capacity. In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in March 2023, the school was rated Good across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. That continues a pattern of solid performance: the previous inspection, in 2013, also awarded a Good rating for overall effectiveness.

Academically, Mosspits Lane performs above the local average at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 results, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Liverpool average of 59%. The school’s ranking score of 66 places it in the top 50% nationally and regionally, sitting at the 42nd percentile across England. In individual subjects, 78% met the expected standard in maths and 79% in writing, while reading came in at 69%. At the higher standard, 10% of pupils achieved the top level across all three subjects, with 29% reaching that threshold in reading, 26% in maths, and 12% in writing. Average scaled scores were 105 in both reading and maths. Progress measures for reading, writing and maths were not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 167 applications for 60 places — a ratio of 2.78 applicants per place. Of those, 55 put Mosspits Lane as their first preference, and 50 received offers. Facilities include an ICT suite, a forest school area, a sensory room, a sports hall, art studios, and even a chapel. Sports on offer include cross country, tennis, athletics, gymnastics, netball and rounders, while clubs range from gardening and drama to choir and film club. The school supports a broad range of special educational needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families in south Liverpool seeking a well-regarded, non-denominational state primary with strong KS2 outcomes and a wide array of enrichment activities, Mosspits Lane is a popular and solid choice.

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