Primary
Shoreside Primary School
Westminster Drive, Southport, PR8 2QZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 228 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- RAINBOW EDUCATION MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 19.1
- Pupils per adult
- 10.4
- Pupils
- 200
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 April 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
79%
21 points above the Southport average (58% across 19 schools)
108.0
3.5 above the Southport average (104.5 across 19 schools)
1st of 19 by our score, among the primary schools in Southport we can score - 21 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 | 107 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 79% |
| Working at a higher standard | 14% |
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 | 72% |
| 23/24 | 81% |
| 24/25 | 79% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Westminster Drive, Southport, PR8 2QZ
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.
Sefton 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
- Matthew Power
- Address
- Westminster Drive, Southport, PR8 2QZ
- Telephone
- 01704576040
Other primary schools nearby
- Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre7.2/10
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School4.3/10
- Farnborough Road Junior School6.3/10
- Farnborough Road Infant SchoolNot enough data
- Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolNot enough data
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School4.0/10