Redgate Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Redgate, Formby, Liverpool, L37 4EW – View on map
- Phone: 01704828140
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Helen Gambon
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 24 families put it first for 29 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 29 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 73
- % eligible for free school meals: 30.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Sefton average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.1% a year (Sefton 10.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 30% moved to another school, 70% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Sefton: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Sefton, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 25.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Speech, language and communicationProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Visual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther needs 42 places · 42 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 18.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Severe learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Sefton average (58%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 50% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 50%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 68% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 37 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 22nd of 69 junior and primary schools in the area
- =20Farnborough Road Junior School68%
- =20St Nicholas Church of England Primary School68%
- #22Redgate Community Primary School65%
- #23St Benedict's Catholic Primary School64%
- =24St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull63%
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31st of 57 primary schools in Sefton for Ofsted rating
- #29Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #30Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #31Redgate Community Primary SchoolGood
- #32Shoreside Primary SchoolGood
- #33Springwell Park Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,344 (2024-25)
3rd of 70 primary schools in Sefton for spending per pupil
- #1The Grange Primary School£11,926
- #2Linacre Primary School£11,633
- #3Redgate Community Primary School£11,344
- #4Thomas Gray Primary School£10,835
- #5Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School£9,783
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