Waterloo Primary School
Crosby Road North, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 0LD
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Waterloo Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ruth Baldwin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 434
- URN
- 104870
- Local authority
- Sefton
About this school
Waterloo Primary School was a community primary school in Liverpool. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 434 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Waterloo Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - |
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 Waterloo 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 | 43% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 370 |
| 2023/24 | 434 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Waterloo Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.4% | 37.3% | 434 | — |
| Waterloo Primary School | 53% | 6.3% | 37.7% | 416 | 0.0 miles |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | 63% | 5.5% | 23% | 191 | 0.3 miles |
| St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School | 63% | 5.3% | 23.9% | 246 | 0.3 miles |
| Great Crosby Catholic Primary School | 53% | 4.5% | 9.3% | 725 | 0.8 miles |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary School | 68% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 212 | 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.3%
- English as an additional language
- 10.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 14.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Waterloo Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St John's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Great Crosby Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St Nicholas Church of England 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 year groups does Waterloo Primary School teach?
- Waterloo Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Liverpool.
- Has Waterloo Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Waterloo 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 big is Waterloo Primary School?
- Waterloo Primary School had 434 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Waterloo Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Waterloo Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Waterloo 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 31 August 2024.