Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School
Fonthill Road, Liverpool, L4 1QD
This school is closed (it closed in November 2025).
It was replaced by Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Campbell
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 300
- URN
- 132176
- Local authority
- Liverpool
About this school
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Liverpool. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 300 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2000, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 34 | 36 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 47% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 69% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 56% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 64% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA 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 | 59% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 292 |
| 2023/24 | 299 |
| 2024/25 | 300 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.8% | 52% | 300 | — |
| Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School | — | — | — | 306 | 0.0 miles |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | 67% | 5% | 33.8% | 524 | 0.3 miles |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School | 67% | 5.4% | 40.8% | 461 | 0.6 miles |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.7% | 37.3% | 418 | 0.6 miles |
| Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School | 69% | 6.1% | 56% | 490 | 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)
- 52%
- English as an additional language
- 49.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.8%
- Persistent absence
- 16.08%
Location
Nearby schools
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Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St John's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School0.7 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 Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School teach?
- Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Liverpool.
- Has Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA 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 Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School?
- Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School had 300 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA 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 30 November 2025.