Community school · Primary
Southport · PR8 3RS · Sefton
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 150557
Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Southport · PR8 3JE
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
190
Local authority
Sefton
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Southport, Sefton, 190 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 15.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Liverpool.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 150557
Location
- Address
- Sandbrook Road, Ainsdale
- Postcode
- PR8 3JE
- Town
- Southport
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Sefton
- District
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 91
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 190 / 210 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 15.3%
- FSM pupils
- 29
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Academy trust: LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Liverpool
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lorna O'Brien
- Telephone
- 01704578427
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-02-10
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met