Northcote Primary School
Primary schoolNorthcote Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 445 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, October 2024
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 9 October 2024
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, 45% of pupils at Northcote Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Liverpool and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 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- Liverpool Progressive SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file260 m
- Cavendish View SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file430 m
- Alsop High SchoolSecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. Attainment 8 of 33.1 (2025/26, provisional)450 m
- Hillside High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 39.1 (2025/26, provisional)810 m
- Rice Lane Primary School and NurseryPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
- St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Liverpool
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).