Malvern Primary School
Primary schoolMalvern Primary School is a primary school in Knowsley, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 486 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- 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, 80% of pupils at Malvern Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Knowsley and 62% in England.
18% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 18% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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- St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024560 m
- St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- Clifford Holroyde Sen CollegeSpecial. Standards maintained, December 2024840 m
- Dovecot Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 25% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Roby Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Knowsley
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).