Pleasant Street Primary School
Pleasant Street, Liverpool, L3 5TS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Verdin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 260
- Pupils on roll
- 225
- URN
- 104569
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01517093802
About this school
Pleasant Street Primary School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 225 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 63% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 67% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 85% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 81% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.00 | - | - |
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 Pleasant Street 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 | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 232 |
| 2023/24 | 231 |
| 2024/25 | 239 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pleasant Street Primary School compares
Pleasant Street Primary School ranked 45th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 3.9% | 40% | 225 | — |
| St Nicholas Catholic Academy | 45% | 7.1% | 34.3% | 157 | 0.1 miles |
| St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School | 40% | 5% | 28% | 228 | 0.5 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery | 66% | 4.8% | 37.5% | 235 | 0.6 miles |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | 52% | 7.3% | 43.5% | 192 | 0.7 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 64% | 4.2% | 56.7% | 206 | 0.8 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)
- 40%
- English as an additional language
- 66.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.89%
- Persistent absence
- 12.2%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Nicholas Catholic Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Holy Cross Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Pleasant Street Primary School ranks 73rd 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 year groups does Pleasant Street Primary School teach?
- Pleasant Street Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Pleasant Street Primary School?
- The headteacher of Pleasant Street Primary School is Mr Neil Verdin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Pleasant Street Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pleasant Street 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 big is Pleasant Street Primary School?
- Pleasant Street Primary School has 225 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Pleasant Street Primary School full?
- Pleasant Street Primary School has capacity for 260 pupils and 225 on roll (87%), 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 Pleasant Street Primary School a faith school?
- No. Pleasant Street Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Pleasant Street Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Pleasant Street Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Pleasant Street Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Pleasant Street Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Pleasant Street 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 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Pleasant Street Primary School rank locally?
- Pleasant Street Primary School ranked 45th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Pleasant Street Primary School's absence rate?
- Pleasant Street Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Pleasant Street Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pleasant Street 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.