Primary school

Linaker Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Sefton
  • PR8 5DB
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Oct 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,861 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 66%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 83%83%2016/17: top 83%2017/18: top 93%2018/19: top 88%2022/23: top 86%2023/24: top 45%45% · 2023/242024/25: top 66%No exams

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

Expected standard, RWM58% · North West 63%4/10 Below+23.2 pts
Higher standard, RWM5% · North West 6%4/10 Below+15.5 pts
Reading score104 · North West 1053/10 Below+15.6 pts
Maths score102 · North West 1052/10 Well below North West−13 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 38% · 48 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 47% · 62 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 41% · 54 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 49% · 55 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 44% · 63 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 65% · 60 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 58% · 62 pupils · North West 63%65%38%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 48 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 0% · 62 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 0% · 54 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 5% · 55 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 3% · 63 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 0% · 60 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 5% · 62 pupils · North West 6%5%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 48 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 103 · 62 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 101 · 54 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 101 · 55 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 102 · 63 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 105 · 60 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 104 · 62 pupils · North West 105105101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 48 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 104 · 62 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 99 · 54 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 104 · 55 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 101 · 63 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 105 · 60 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 102 · 62 pupils · North West 10510599No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
23 of 23 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2323
2nd140
3rd90

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Goodas predecessor
  5. 2021Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Personal development

4 weak areas

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

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026359
Free school meals (past 6 years)35.1%
First language not English47.8%
SEN support16.9%
EHC plan2.3%
Absence (sessions missed)6.4%
Persistently absent pupils19.6%

Girls 49.9%Boys 50.1%

68.4% full · 525 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.1
Pupils per adult9.7
  • Classroom teachers 16.4
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 14.2
  • Other support 4.7

Teachers 19.4 FTE · Whole workforce 38.3 · 51 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 9 months.

  • −£27,000revenue reserve
  • −£11,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £1,827,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it