Netherton Moss Primary School
Swifts Lane, Netherton, Bootle, L30 3RU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Hird
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 223
- URN
- 104856
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01515255026
About this school
Netherton Moss Primary School is a community primary school in Bootle. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 223 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. 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 42% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 61% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 58% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 45% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.80 | - | - |
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 Netherton Moss 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 | Sefton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 31% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 215 |
| 2023/24 | 222 |
| 2024/25 | 231 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Netherton Moss Primary School compares
Netherton Moss Primary School ranked 50th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 7.3% | 57.4% | 223 | — |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Academy | 48% | 7.7% | 70.3% | 151 | 0.1 miles |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary School | 77% | 4.9% | 43.8% | 223 | 0.4 miles |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School | 32% | 8.1% | 47.8% | 204 | 0.5 miles |
| The Grange Primary School | 28% | 9.3% | 51.9% | 288 | 0.5 miles |
| Litherland Moss Primary School | 80% | 7.7% | 52.4% | 208 | 0.5 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)
- 57.36%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.26%
- Persistent absence
- 27.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Spirit Catholic Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
St Oswald's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
The Grange Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
Litherland Moss Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Bootle
Netherton Moss Primary School ranks 5th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Bootle.
- All Saints Catholic Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Holy Spirit Catholic Academy Primary
- Linacre Primary School Primary
- Linacre Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School Primary
- Springwell Park Community Primary School Primary
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Oswald's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Grange Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Netherton Moss Primary School teach?
- Netherton Moss Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bootle.
- Who is the headteacher of Netherton Moss Primary School?
- The headteacher of Netherton Moss Primary School is Mr David Hird, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Netherton Moss Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Netherton Moss 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 Netherton Moss Primary School?
- Netherton Moss Primary School has 223 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Netherton Moss Primary School full?
- Netherton Moss Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 223 on roll (106%), 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 Netherton Moss Primary School a faith school?
- No. Netherton Moss Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Netherton Moss Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Netherton Moss Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Netherton Moss Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Netherton Moss Primary School rank locally?
- Netherton Moss Primary School ranked 50th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Netherton Moss Primary School's absence rate?
- Netherton Moss Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Netherton Moss Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Netherton Moss 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.