Knowsley Village School
Sugar Lane, Knowsley, Prescot, L34 0ER
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs J Barlow
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Knowsley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 175
- URN
- 104423
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512895349
About this school
Knowsley Village School is a community primary school in Prescot. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 175 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Knowsley Village School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 23 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 57% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 74% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 61% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 74% | 43% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Knowsley Village School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Knowsley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 211 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 184 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Knowsley Village School compares
Knowsley Village School ranked 45th of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 6.6% | 32.8% | 175 | — |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School | 56% | 5.6% | 17.7% | 211 | 0.3 miles |
| St Albert's Catholic Primary School | 57% | 8% | 63.9% | 220 | 1.0 miles |
| Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School | 71% | 4.6% | 15.1% | 452 | 1.0 miles |
| Stockbridge Village Primary School | 36% | 7.9% | 55.1% | 211 | 1.0 miles |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School | 66% | 7.1% | 60.8% | 254 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.75%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 6.55%
- Persistent absence
- 22.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
St Albert's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Stockbridge Village Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stockbridge Village
-
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Prescot
Knowsley Village School ranks 12th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Prescot.
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School Primary
- Evelyn Community Primary School Primary
- Halsnead Primary School Primary
- Oakdene Primary Academy Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Prescot Primary School Primary
- St Ann's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community Primary
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Knowsley Village School teach?
- Knowsley Village School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Prescot.
- Who is the headteacher of Knowsley Village School?
- The headteacher of Knowsley Village School is Mrs J Barlow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Knowsley Village School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Knowsley Village School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Knowsley Village School?
- Knowsley Village School has 175 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Knowsley Village School full?
- Knowsley Village School has capacity for 210 pupils and 175 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Knowsley Village School a faith school?
- No. Knowsley Village School has no designated religious character.
- Does Knowsley Village School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Knowsley Village School as having nursery classes.
- How have Knowsley Village School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Knowsley Village School compare with other schools in Knowsley?
- Knowsley Village School ranked 45th of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Knowsley Village School's absence rate?
- Knowsley Village School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Knowsley Village School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Knowsley Village School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.