Lydiate Primary School
Lambshear Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 2JZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Georgina Forshaw
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 351
- Pupils on roll
- 224
- URN
- 104891
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01515262657
About this school
Lydiate Primary School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 224 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 14 June 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 37 | 34 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 59% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 9% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 65% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 74% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 74% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.40 | - | - |
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 Lydiate 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 | 46% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 238 |
| 2023/24 | 236 |
| 2024/25 | 230 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lydiate Primary School compares
Lydiate Primary School ranked 57th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 6.8% | 16.8% | 224 | — |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School | 79% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 234 | 0.1 miles |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate | 86% | 2.9% | 7.7% | 236 | 0.4 miles |
| Green Park Primary School | 52% | 5% | 6.3% | 245 | 0.6 miles |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School | 63% | 4.1% | 8.1% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| Northway Primary School | 72% | 4.2% | 11.4% | 370 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.82%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 6.75%
- Persistent absence
- 22.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Merseyside
-
St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Green Park Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Northway Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Lydiate Primary School ranks 148th 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 Lydiate Primary School teach?
- Lydiate Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Lydiate Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lydiate Primary School is Mrs Georgina Forshaw, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lydiate Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lydiate 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 Lydiate Primary School?
- Lydiate Primary School has 224 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lydiate Primary School full?
- Lydiate Primary School has capacity for 351 pupils and 224 on roll (64%), 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 Lydiate Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lydiate Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lydiate Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lydiate Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Lydiate Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lydiate Primary School rank locally?
- Lydiate Primary School ranked 57th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lydiate Primary School's absence rate?
- Lydiate Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lydiate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lydiate 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 7 July 2026.