Prescot Primary School
Maryville Road, Prescot, L34 2TA
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Prescot Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen George
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Knowsley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 446
- URN
- 104425
- Local authority
- Knowsley
About this school
Prescot Primary School was a community primary school in Prescot. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 446 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Prescot Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 58 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 69% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 12% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 86% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 76% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 79% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Prescot Primary 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 | 57% | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 437 |
| 2023/24 | 446 |
| 2024/25 | 446 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Prescot Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 7.2% | 28.6% | 446 | — |
| Prescot Primary School | — | — | — | 448 | 0.0 miles |
| Evelyn Community Primary School | 79% | 4.6% | 23.9% | 250 | 0.2 miles |
| Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School | 77% | 3.4% | 9% | 244 | 0.3 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | 54% | 6.3% | 15.6% | 233 | 0.5 miles |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 35.8% | 213 | 0.6 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)
- 28.57%
- English as an additional language
- 11.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.18%
- Persistent absence
- 25.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prescot Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
Evelyn Community Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
St Luke's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Prescot
Other schools in Prescot
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School Primary
- Evelyn Community Primary School Primary
- Halsnead Primary School Primary
- Knowsley Village 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
Common questions
- What ages does Prescot Primary School teach?
- Prescot Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Prescot.
- Has Prescot Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Prescot Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Prescot Primary School?
- Prescot Primary School had 446 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Prescot Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Prescot Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prescot Primary 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 7 July 2025.