Plantation Primary School
Hollies Road, Halewood, Liverpool, L26 0TH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ROWAN LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gail Worrall
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Rowan Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 485
- URN
- 149817
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514875678
About this school
Plantation Primary School is a primary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 485 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 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
- Expected standard
- 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 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 |
Trends over time
How Plantation 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 | Knowsley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 480 |
| 2024/25 | 478 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Plantation Primary School compares
Plantation Primary School ranked 28th of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 6.1% | 31.2% | 485 | — |
| St Mark's Catholic Primary School | 67% | 6.5% | 42.4% | 217 | 0.3 miles |
| Halewood Church of England Primary Academy | 83% | 2.5% | 5.7% | 235 | 0.3 miles |
| Yew Tree Primary Academy | 29% | 8.2% | 52.3% | 226 | 0.4 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 70% | 4.1% | 25.2% | 342 | 0.7 miles |
| St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School | 59% | 4.3% | 19.9% | 241 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.19%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 6.08%
- Persistent absence
- 17.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mark's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Halewood Church of England Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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Yew Tree Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Knowsley
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Holy Family Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Liverpool
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St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Plantation Primary School ranks 106th 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 Plantation Primary School teach?
- Plantation Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Plantation Primary School?
- The headteacher of Plantation Primary School is Mrs Gail Worrall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Plantation Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Plantation 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 Plantation Primary School?
- Plantation Primary School has 485 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Plantation Primary School full?
- Plantation Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 485 on roll (77%), 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 Plantation Primary School a faith school?
- No. Plantation Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Plantation Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Plantation Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Plantation Primary School?
- Plantation Primary School is part of THE ROWAN LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Plantation Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2023/24 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Plantation Primary School rank locally?
- Plantation Primary School ranked 28th of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Plantation Primary School's absence rate?
- Plantation Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Plantation Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Plantation 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 15 July 2026.