Springwell Park Community Primary School
Menai Road, Bootle, L20 6PG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Tracy Webley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 482
- Pupils on roll
- 440
- URN
- 134343
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512886054
About this school
Springwell Park Community Primary School is a community primary school in Bootle. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 440 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 59 | 56 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 52% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 68% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 66% | 41% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 70% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 Springwell Park Community 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 | 51% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 462 |
| 2023/24 | 458 |
| 2024/25 | 457 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Springwell Park Community Primary School compares
Springwell Park Community Primary School ranked 67th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29% | 6.2% | 50.6% | 440 | — |
| St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School | 90% | 4% | 15.7% | 236 | 0.2 miles |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School | 52% | 6.5% | 52.8% | 413 | 0.5 miles |
| King's Lander Primary Academy | 60% | 5.2% | 43.7% | 234 | 0.5 miles |
| Linacre Primary School | 17% | 11% | 59.2% | 134 | 0.6 miles |
| St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School | 41% | 6.9% | 27.5% | 197 | 0.6 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)
- 50.6%
- English as an additional language
- 13.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.16%
- Persistent absence
- 16.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
King's Lander Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Linacre Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Bootle
Springwell Park Community Primary School ranks 10th 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
- Netherton Moss Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Walsingham 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 Springwell Park Community Primary School teach?
- Springwell Park Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Bootle.
- Who is the headteacher of Springwell Park Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Springwell Park Community Primary School is Miss Tracy Webley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Springwell Park Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Springwell Park Community 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 Springwell Park Community Primary School?
- Springwell Park Community Primary School has 440 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Springwell Park Community Primary School full?
- Springwell Park Community Primary School has capacity for 482 pupils and 440 on roll (91%), 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 Springwell Park Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Springwell Park Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Springwell Park Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Springwell Park Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Springwell Park Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Springwell Park Community Primary School rank locally?
- Springwell Park Community Primary School ranked 67th of 69 primary schools in Sefton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Springwell Park Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Springwell Park Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Springwell Park Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Springwell Park Community 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 3 July 2026.