Heygreen Primary School
Taunton Street, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 4ND
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RAINBOW EDUCATION MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Rutter
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Rainbow Education Multi-Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 245
- URN
- 141330
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01517331719
About this school
Heygreen Primary School is a primary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 245 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 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 28 | 23 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 65% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 17% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 78% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 70% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 65% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
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 Heygreen 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 | 71% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 244 |
| 2023/24 | 248 |
| 2024/25 | 242 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Heygreen Primary School compares
Heygreen Primary School ranked 14th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 5.5% | 78% | 245 | — |
| Lawrence Community Primary School | 38% | 7.1% | 57.8% | 451 | 0.4 miles |
| Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School | 72% | 7% | 46.4% | 157 | 0.5 miles |
| Wavertree Church of England School | 33% | 7.4% | 59.1% | 159 | 0.5 miles |
| St Hugh's Catholic Primary School | 19% | 4.6% | 75.1% | 187 | 0.5 miles |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary School | 33% | 4.1% | 41% | 208 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 77.99%
- English as an additional language
- 56.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 12.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lawrence Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Wavertree Church of England School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Hugh's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St Clare's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Heygreen Primary School ranks 25th 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 Heygreen Primary School teach?
- Heygreen Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Heygreen Primary School?
- The headteacher of Heygreen Primary School is Mrs Nicola Rutter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Heygreen Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Heygreen 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 Heygreen Primary School?
- Heygreen Primary School has 245 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Heygreen Primary School full?
- Heygreen Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 245 on roll (117%), so it is at or above 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 Heygreen Primary School a faith school?
- No. Heygreen Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Heygreen Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Heygreen Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Heygreen Primary School?
- Heygreen Primary School is part of RAINBOW EDUCATION MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Heygreen Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Heygreen Primary School rank locally?
- Heygreen Primary School ranked 14th of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Heygreen Primary School's absence rate?
- Heygreen Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Heygreen Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heygreen 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.