Primary
Smithdown Primary School
Chatsworth Drive, Liverpool, L7 6LJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 484 of 450 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 41.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 450
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Outstanding
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
SATs results
50%
10 points below the Liverpool average (60% across 173 schools)
104.0
0.9 below the Liverpool average (104.9 across 173 schools)
127th of 173 by our score, among the primary schools in Liverpool we can score - 193 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 50% |
| Working at a higher standard | 10% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 61% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 111.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Chatsworth Drive, Liverpool, L7 6LJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Liverpool admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Philip Horne
- Address
- Chatsworth Drive, Liverpool, L7 6LJ
- Telephone
- 01517096229