Linacre Primary School
Community school in Bootle, Sefton.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 134 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 210 |
| Free school meals | 64.80% |
| Local authority | Sefton |
| Address | Thornton Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 5ED |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.linacreprimary.co.uk/ |
| Telephone | 01519221466 |
| URN | 104853 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 20 January 2026, published 23 March 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Urgent improvement |
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention |
| Early years | Urgent improvement |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Category of concern: Special measures.
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 16 May 2023, published 6 July 2023:
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- King's Lander Primary Academy (primary school, about 0.4 km)
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 0.5 km)
- Thomas Gray Primary School (primary school, about 0.5 km)
- All Saints Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 0.6 km)
- Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Springwell Park Community Primary School (primary school, about 0.9 km)
- St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
Browse: Primary schools in Sefton
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