Booker Avenue Infant School
Booker Avenue, Liverpool, L18 9SB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head teacher
- Mrs Lynne Brown
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Liverpool Garston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 296
- Pupils on roll
- 300
- URN
- 104593
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01517241997
About this school
Booker Avenue Infant School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 300 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Booker Avenue Infant 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
Trends over time
How Booker Avenue Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 297 |
| 2023/24 | 271 |
| 2024/25 | 270 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Booker Avenue Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 1.5% | 300 | — |
| Booker Avenue Junior School | 75% | 3.8% | 7.2% | 416 | 0.0 miles |
| Gilmour Primary School | 74% | 4.6% | 14.7% | 604 | 0.6 miles |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School | 65% | 4.3% | 13% | 411 | 0.6 miles |
| Sudley Primary School | 83% | 3.7% | 10.3% | 799 | 0.9 miles |
| Springwood Heath Primary School | 53% | 6% | 28.4% | 211 | 0.9 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)
- 1.48%
- English as an additional language
- 6.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.66%
- Persistent absence
- 7.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Booker Avenue Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Gilmour Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Austin's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Sudley Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Springwood Heath Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other 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 Booker Avenue Infant School teach?
- Booker Avenue Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the head teacher of Booker Avenue Infant School?
- The head teacher of Booker Avenue Infant School is Mrs Lynne Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Booker Avenue Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Booker Avenue Infant 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 Booker Avenue Infant School?
- Booker Avenue Infant School has 300 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Booker Avenue Infant School full?
- Booker Avenue Infant School has capacity for 296 pupils and 300 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Booker Avenue Infant School a faith school?
- No. Booker Avenue Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Booker Avenue Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Booker Avenue Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Booker Avenue Infant School's absence rate?
- Booker Avenue Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Booker Avenue Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Booker Avenue Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.