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Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School

URN
135796
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School
URN
135796
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

64 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

52

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

66

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#21 of 39 schools in Knowsley

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
29 January 2025
Inspection date
12 December 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

46

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

65

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

44

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.41×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Knowsley
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Knowsley)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.hopeprimary.com

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Knowsley to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

69.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

67.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

71.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

64.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

L14 8UD - Lordens Road, Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside

Contact details

Address
Lordens Road, Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside
Postcode
L14 8UD
Phone
1514778300
Website
www.hopeprimary.com
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Knowsley
Local authority code
340

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 143 schools in Knowsley.

Authority statistics

Total schools

143

Open schools

63

Closed schools

80

Primary schools

95

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 29 January 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    29 January 202512 December 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 29 January 2025
    27 January 202018 December 2019-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 27 January 2020
    • Inspection

      Published
      29 January 2025
      Inspected
      12 December 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      27 January 2020
      Inspected
      18 December 2019
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    67.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 44

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    25

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary95 (66.4%)
    • Secondary25 (17.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other23 (16.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Edmund of Canterbury Catholic High School117 mSecondaryClosed
    Christ The King Catholic and Church of England (VA) Centre for Learning194 mSecondaryClosed
    St Dominic's Catholic Junior School194 mPrimaryClosed
    St Dominic's RC Infant School194 mPrimaryClosed
    Brookside Community Primary School284 mPrimaryClosed
    Beechwood Primary School526 mPrimaryClosed
    Stockbridge Village School541 mSecondaryClosed
    Colwell Road Infant School612 mPrimaryClosed
    Colwell County Junior Mixed Department School612 mPrimaryClosed
    Colwell Primary School612 mPrimaryClosed
    • St Edmund of Canterbury Catholic High School
      Distance
      117 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Christ The King Catholic and Church of England (VA) Centre for Learning
      Distance
      194 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Dominic's Catholic Junior School
      Distance
      194 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Dominic's RC Infant School
      Distance
      194 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Knowsley)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Beechwood Primary SchoolPrimaryL36 8EQClosed
    Blacklow Brow Primary SchoolPrimaryL36 5XWClosed
    Blacklow Brow SchoolPrimaryL36 5XWOpen
    Brookside Community Primary SchoolPrimaryL28 3QAClosed
    Cherryfield Primary SchoolPrimaryL32 3YEClosed
    • Beechwood Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L36 8EQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Blacklow Brow Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L36 5XW
      Status
      Closed
    • Blacklow Brow School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L36 5XW
      Status
      Open
    • Brookside Community Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      L28 3QA
      Status
      Closed
    • Cherryfield Primary School
  • Brookside Community Primary School
    Distance
    284 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Beechwood Primary School
    Distance
    526 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Stockbridge Village School
    Distance
    541 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Colwell Road Infant School
    Distance
    612 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Colwell County Junior Mixed Department School
    Distance
    612 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Colwell Primary School
    Distance
    612 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    L32 3YE
    Status
    Closed