Freshfield Primary School
Primary schoolFreshfield Primary School is a primary school in Sefton, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 272 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 69% of pupils at Freshfield Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Sefton and 62% in England.
17% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), April 2024, before the school changed550 m
- Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Formby High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Redgate Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Woodlands Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sefton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).