Malvern Primary School
Willoughby Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L14 6XA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Tony James
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Liverpool West Derby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 505
- Pupils on roll
- 486
- URN
- 104427
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514778230
About this school
Malvern Primary School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 486 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Malvern Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 58 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 77% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 13% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 83% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 97% | 90% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 88% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.20 | - | - |
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 Malvern 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 | 81% | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 468 |
| 2023/24 | 470 |
| 2024/25 | 464 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Malvern Primary School compares
Malvern Primary School ranked 4th of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 4.6% | 22% | 486 | — |
| St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School | — | 6.5% | 33.2% | 375 | 0.4 miles |
| St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School | 76% | 5.6% | 37% | 457 | 0.4 miles |
| Dovecot Primary School | 25% | 7.1% | 65.5% | 192 | 0.6 miles |
| St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School | 69% | 4.5% | 8.6% | 420 | 0.6 miles |
| Roby Park Primary School | 64% | 7.4% | 50.5% | 234 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.96%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.56%
- Persistent absence
- 11.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Dovecot Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Roby Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Knowsley
Other schools in Liverpool
Malvern Primary School ranks 12th of the 176 ranked primary schools in Liverpool.
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School Primary
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Anfield Road Primary School Primary
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School Primary
- Banks Road Primary School Primary
- Barlows Primary School Primary
- Bedford Primary School Primary
- Belle Vale Community Primary School Primary
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton Primary
- Blacklow Brow School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Infants' School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Malvern Primary School teach?
- Malvern Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Malvern Primary School?
- The headteacher of Malvern Primary School is Mr Tony James, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Malvern Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Malvern Primary 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 Malvern Primary School?
- Malvern Primary School has 486 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Malvern Primary School full?
- Malvern Primary School has capacity for 505 pupils and 486 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Malvern Primary School a faith school?
- No. Malvern Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Malvern Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Malvern Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Malvern Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 80% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Malvern Primary School compare with other schools in Knowsley?
- Malvern Primary School ranked 4th of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Malvern Primary School's absence rate?
- Malvern Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Malvern Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Malvern 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 29 June 2026.