Thomas Gray Primary School
Chestnut Grove, Bootle, L20 4LX
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Thomas Gray Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs R Rimmer
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 280
- URN
- 134785
- Local authority
- Sefton
About this school
Thomas Gray Primary School was a community primary school in Bootle. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 280 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Thomas Gray Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2004, 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 | 26 | 29 | 35 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 31% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 59% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 59% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 52% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| 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 Thomas Gray 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 | 31% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 255 |
| 2023/24 | 280 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thomas Gray Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 9.7% | 70.5% | 280 | — |
| Thomas Gray Primary School | — | 9.4% | 73.5% | 318 | 0.0 miles |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School | 52% | 5.2% | 49.4% | 312 | 0.1 miles |
| Linacre Primary School | 17% | 11% | 59.2% | 134 | 0.3 miles |
| King's Lander Primary Academy | 60% | 5.2% | 43.7% | 234 | 0.4 miles |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School | 52% | 6.5% | 52.8% | 413 | 0.5 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)
- 70.5%
- English as an additional language
- 14.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.7%
- Persistent absence
- 35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thomas Gray Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
All Saints Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
Linacre Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bootle
-
King's Lander Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other 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
- Springwell Park Community 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Thomas Gray Primary School teach?
- Thomas Gray Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Bootle.
- Has Thomas Gray Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Thomas Gray 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 Thomas Gray Primary School?
- Thomas Gray Primary School had 280 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Thomas Gray 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 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Thomas Gray Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thomas Gray 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 September 2024.