Plantation Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Plantation Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Plantation Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 27 of the 47 other Knowsley primary schools with a published 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 53 first-choice applications for 72 offers, 0.7 per offer and the 4th lowest of 49 Knowsley primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of 124 applications for Reception 2026, 14 (11%) came from families living outside Knowsley, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Knowsley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Knowsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hollies Road, Halewood, Liverpool, L26 0TH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 485 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are welcoming, happy and confident.”
- “They benefit greatly from the positive relationships that they develop with their peers and the school's staff.”
- “Each morning, pupils and staff greet one another warmly at the gates before moving calmly into classes.”
To improve
- “Pupils' attendance has been low over time.”
- “However, pupils' attendance remains below national, including for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “For example, they have identified that the writing curriculum continues to require focus.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 72 offers in total, 53 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Knowsley.
- St Mark's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Halewood Church of England Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Yew Tree Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sylvester Primary Academy 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blacklow Brow School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published