Smithdown Primary School

State-Funded School

smithdown-primary-school-liverpool-north-west

North WestRegion

LiverpoolLocal Authority

Liverpool WavertreeConstituency

L7 6LJPostcode

9.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 484 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 25 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

10%

Asian

14%

Black

12%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

56%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

484

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

England average

27%

First language not English

88%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 484
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
15 Nov 2021	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
30 Apr 2014	Good	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.