Booker Avenue Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Liverpool
Booker Avenue, Liverpool, L18 9SB
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 07/01/2025
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.3%
7.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
300
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
296 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
81 of 96 families who put it first got an offer
88
Places offered
254
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 96 | 81 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 84 | 7 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 74 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 254 | 88 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Liverpool lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lynne Brown
- Address
- Booker Avenue, Liverpool, L18 9SB
- Phone
- 01517241997
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward / constituency
- Allerton · Liverpool Garston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 104593
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 4% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 6% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
300 pupils · 296 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
07 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 183 pupils
Attendance
96.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
7.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Liverpool council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.