St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School

About St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School

St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School sits within the Liverpool local authority, a mixed state primary for children aged 3 to 11. In the most recent local rankings of 102 primary schools, it placed 60th, placing it just below the middle of the pack. The top-performing peers in the area include Sudley Primary School, Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School in Woolton, and Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School, all of which scored higher on the same ranking metric. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Whitefield Primary School, about 1.1 kilometres away. St. Margaret's itself holds a Good rating from its most recent graded inspection in 2018, confirmed by an ungraded visit in 2023 where inspectors judged that the school remains Good. Leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all rated Good at that time. The school is a Church of England foundation and is led by headteacher Mark Griffiths, with a current roll of 452 pupils against a capacity of 472.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year 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%. In individual subjects, 64% reached the expected standard in reading, 69% in writing, and 69% in maths. The proportion achieving the higher standard across all three subjects was 5%, with maths seeing the strongest higher-level performance at 25%, compared to 11% in reading and 13% in writing. Average scaled scores were 101 in reading and 103 in maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 50% of primary schools on the combined expected standard metric, sitting at the 66th percentile. In the North West region, it ranks 1,300th out of 2,065 schools. Progress scores for reading, writing and maths are 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 offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, a forest school, an ICT suite, a library, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, swimming, netball, tennis, cross country and gymnastics, while clubs cover coding, chess, science and art. The school has a nursery provision for younger children. For pupils with additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. Admissions for the 2025/26 year show the school is oversubscribed: there were 69 total applications for 44 places, with all 44 first-preference applicants receiving offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.57. This suggests strong local demand, particularly from families who prioritise a Church of England primary with a broad set of facilities and a clear SEND offer.

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