# Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery

Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Liverpool, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 597 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E141937. [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 597
- Council: Liverpool
- URN: 141937

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, October 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 11 October 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 53% of pupils at Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Liverpool and 62% in England.
6% 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 | 53% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blessed-sacrament-catholic-primary-school-e141076): 680 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Archbishop Beck Catholic College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/archbishop-beck-catholic-college-e104717): 880 m. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Longmoor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longmoor-community-primary-school-e133334): 890 m. Primary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, July 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Monica's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-monicas-catholic-primary-school-e104905): 900 m. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cavendish View School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cavendish-view-school-e148199): 900 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Northcote Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northcote-primary-school-e104564): 920 m. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/141937)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/141937)

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