Anfield Road Primary School
Anfield Road, Liverpool, L4 0TN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs C Drew-Williams
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 744
- Pupils on roll
- 702
- URN
- 140975
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512631541
About this school
Anfield Road Primary School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 702 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 80 | 86 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 31% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 38% | 57% | 49% |
| Expected standard in maths | 25% | 49% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 44% | 52% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.70 | - | - |
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 Anfield Road 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 | 16% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 680 |
| 2023/24 | 729 |
| 2024/25 | 734 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Anfield Road Primary School compares
Anfield Road Primary School ranked 100th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool 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 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29% | 6.7% | 45.3% | 702 | — |
| All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 43% | 6.8% | 45.6% | 577 | 0.1 miles |
| Four Oaks Community Primary School | 81% | 4.4% | 53.9% | 345 | 0.4 miles |
| Pinehurst Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.4 miles |
| St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School | 71% | 6.8% | 54.5% | 441 | 0.5 miles |
| Whitefield Primary School | 79% | 3.7% | 50.8% | 339 | 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)
- 45.28%
- English as an additional language
- 36.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.67%
- Persistent absence
- 20.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Four Oaks Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Pinehurst Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Whitefield Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Anfield Road Primary School ranks 168th of the 176 ranked primary schools in Liverpool.
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School Primary
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided 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
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Anfield Road Primary School teach?
- Anfield Road Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Anfield Road Primary School?
- The headteacher of Anfield Road Primary School is Mrs C Drew-Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Anfield Road Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Anfield Road 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 Anfield Road Primary School?
- Anfield Road Primary School has 702 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Anfield Road Primary School full?
- Anfield Road Primary School has capacity for 744 pupils and 702 on roll (94%), 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 Anfield Road Primary School a faith school?
- No. Anfield Road Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Anfield Road Primary School a selective school?
- No. Anfield Road Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Anfield Road Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Anfield Road Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Anfield Road Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 16% 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 Anfield Road Primary School rank locally?
- Anfield Road Primary School ranked 100th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool 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 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Anfield Road Primary School's absence rate?
- Anfield Road Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Anfield Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Anfield Road 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 1 July 2026.