Primary school in Liverpool
King's Northway Primary Academy
Northway, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 7JQ
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 330
- Places
- 450
- How full
- 73% full — 330 of 450 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 167 / 163
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Liverpool 034A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 32%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 21%
- Households owning their home
- 68%
- Households in social housing
- 15%
- Households with no car
- 27%
- Adults economically inactive
- 40%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE GREAT SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Mark Newton
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward
- Wavertree Garden Suburb
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- URN
- 151314
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 77% | 0.5 mi |
| Broadgreen PrimaryFoundation school | Good 2022 | 66% | 0.5 mi |
| Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 72% | 0.5 mi |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 60% | 0.5 mi |
| Wavertree Church of England SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2022 | 33% | 0.6 mi |
| King David Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 66% | 0.6 mi |
| Mosspits Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 75% | 0.7 mi |
| Rudston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 35% | 0.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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