St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School

About St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School

St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School in Liverpool was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2016, and an ungraded inspection in December 2022 confirmed the school remains Good. That ungraded visit noted that leadership and management, as well as early years provision, are also Good. This marks a clear improvement from the school's previous graded inspection in 2014, when it was rated Requires Improvement overall. On the most informative exam metric available, the school's Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show that 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits just below the Liverpool local authority average of 59% for primary schools. The school's ranking within the LA is 63rd out of 102 schools, placing it in the bottom 50% nationally when measured by the same combined expected standard metric.

Looking more closely at the individual subject scores, reading is a relative strength: 78% of pupils reached the expected standard and 32% achieved a higher standard, with an average scaled score of 106. Writing saw 76% at expected and 12% at a higher level, while maths had 61% at expected and 15% at a higher level, with an average score of 102. Only 5% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects. The school has a higher-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 34.5%, which provides important context for these results. The school's Ofsted report from 2016, which remains the last full graded inspection, gave top marks of Good for leadership, management and early years provision, and the 2022 ungraded visit confirmed that standard has been maintained. There is no data available on pupil progress scores for reading, writing or maths.

St Anne's is a Church of England primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It has 402 pupils against a capacity of 420, so it is nearly full. For 2025/26 entry, the school was oversubscribed: 58 applications were received for 39 places, with 33 first-preference offers made. The school's facilities include a library, playing fields, an outdoor playground, a dining hall and a chapel. Sports on offer include netball, cricket, football, cross country, rounders, swimming and tennis, and there are clubs for art, gardening, drama and choir. The school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, physical disabilities and other difficulties. For families prioritising a school with a clear improvement trajectory from Requires Improvement to Good, and a reading performance above the national average for expected standard, St Anne's is a solid local option. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Whitefield Primary School, 2.6 km away.

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