Plantation Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

KnowsleyLocal Authority

Widnes and HalewoodConstituency

L26 0THPostcode

3.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Plantation Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Knowsley, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 485 pupils. Plantation Primary School is part of The Rowan Learning Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 19 May 2026 · published 23 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

485

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 485
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: The Rowan Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
29 Oct 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.