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Four Oaks Community Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 2–11
  • Mixed
  • Liverpool
  • L5 1XP
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Feb 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,665 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 12%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 96%96%2016/17: top 95%2017/18: top 60%2018/19: top 81%2022/23: top 54%2023/24: top 45%2024/25: top 12%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM81% · North West 63%9/10 Top 20%+73.8 pts
Higher standard, RWM7% · North West 6%6/10 Middle+16.3 pts
Reading score106 · North West 1056/10 Middle+25.6 pts
Maths score107 · North West 1058/10 Above+34.5 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 23% · 26 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 33% · 24 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 63% · 27 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 53% · 30 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 60% · 42 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 64% · 45 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 81% · 43 pupils · North West 63%81%23%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 26 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 0% · 24 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 11% · 27 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 7% · 30 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 7% · 42 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 13% · 45 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 7% · 43 pupils · North West 6%13%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 96 · 26 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 97 · 24 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 104 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 103 · 30 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 102 · 42 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 106 · 45 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 106 · 43 pupils · North West 10510696No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 26 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 101 · 24 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 104 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 105 · 30 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 103 · 42 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 105 · 45 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 107 · 43 pupils · North West 105107101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
35 of 35 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3535
2nd130
3rd80

Last distance offered: London only

1.0 km from Kirkdale South & Vauxhall · approx.: from the area's centre, not your door

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2013Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026345
Free school meals (past 6 years)53.9%
First language not English27.4%
SEN support18.6%
EHC plan2.6%
Absence (sessions missed)4.4%
Persistently absent pupils12.5%

Girls 48.3%Boys 51.7%

98.6% full · 350 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.6
Pupils per adult8.6
  • Classroom teachers 16.5
  • Leadership 4.6
  • Teaching assistants 16.1
  • Other support 7.4

Teachers 21.1 FTE · Whole workforce 44.6 · 65 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,656
Spend per pupil£8,381
Staff spend per pupil£6,514
Reserve per pupil£562
  • +£186,000revenue reserve
  • +£91,000in-year balance

Grants £8,568 · self-generated £88 · premises £420 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST (8 academies) · trust reserve £389,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it