Blueberry Park
Ackers Hall Avenue, Liverpool, L14 2DY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head teacher
- Mrs Ruth Lancaster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Liverpool West Derby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 319
- URN
- 133691
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512332480
About this school
Blueberry Park is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 319 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 51 | 49 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 37% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 57% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 57% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 54% | 63% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Blueberry Park 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 | 29% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 386 |
| 2023/24 | 374 |
| 2024/25 | 361 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Blueberry Park compares
Blueberry Park ranked 86th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 7.5% | 51.9% | 319 | — |
| St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School | 76% | 5.6% | 37% | 457 | 0.6 miles |
| Dovecot Primary School | 25% | 7.1% | 65.5% | 192 | 0.6 miles |
| St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School | — | 6.5% | 33.2% | 375 | 0.6 miles |
| Blackmoor Park Junior School | 43% | 7% | 30.1% | 343 | 0.6 miles |
| Knotty Ash Primary School | 60% | 5.4% | 30.1% | 252 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.88%
- English as an additional language
- 27.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.52%
- Persistent absence
- 26.9%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Dovecot Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Blackmoor Park Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Knotty Ash Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Blueberry Park ranks 151st 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 Blueberry Park teach?
- Blueberry Park teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the head teacher of Blueberry Park?
- The head teacher of Blueberry Park is Mrs Ruth Lancaster, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Blueberry Park last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Blueberry Park, 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 Blueberry Park?
- Blueberry Park has 319 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Blueberry Park full?
- Blueberry Park has capacity for 420 pupils and 319 on roll (76%), 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 Blueberry Park a faith school?
- No. Blueberry Park has no designated religious character.
- Does Blueberry Park have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Blueberry Park as having nursery classes.
- How have Blueberry Park's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 29% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Blueberry Park rank locally?
- Blueberry Park ranked 86th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Blueberry Park's absence rate?
- Blueberry Park's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Blueberry Park's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Blueberry Park'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 1 July 2026.