Farnborough Road Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Southport · PR8 3DF · Sefton
Ages 7–11
- KS269%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM16.9%
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 104863
Farnborough Road Infant School
Community school · Southport · PR8 3DF
Ages 2–7 · 428 pupils · Sefton
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
5.6%
Admissions demand
0.97 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-05-25
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.9%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 4.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 228
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.97 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
102
Places offered
105
1st-preference offers
102
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 183
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 105
- Applications from outside LA
- 5
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill92%
428 pupils · 466 places
- Pupils on roll
- 428
- Boys / girls
- 223 / 205
- School capacity
- 466
- Capacity fill
- 428 / 466 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
- FSM pupils
- 33
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 2–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Miss Jennifer Sephton (Previously Taylor)
Location
- Address
- Farnborough Road, Birkdale
- Postcode
- PR8 3DF
- Town
- Southport
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Sefton
- District
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Southport
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 2–7, in Southport, Sefton, 428 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 8.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Academy converter · Primary
Southport · PR8 4LT · Sefton
Ages 2–11
- FSM23.6%
0.3 miles away
Birkdale Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Southport · PR8 4EL · Sefton
Ages 3–11
- KS266%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM22.9%
- Demand0.96
1.1 miles away
Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Primary
Southport · PR8 3JE · Sefton
Ages 4–11
- FSM15.3%
1.4 miles away
Linaker Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Southport · PR8 5DB · Sefton
Ages 3–11
- FSM35.9%
1.6 miles away
Kew Woods Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Southport · PR8 6JW · Sefton
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM24.8%
- Demand1.07
1.8 miles away
Community school · Primary
Southport · PR8 3RS · Sefton
Ages 2–11
- KS261%
- Absence7.4%
- FSM38.8%
- Demand1.00
1.9 miles away
St Philip's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Southport · PR8 6SS · Sefton
Ages 4–11
- KS274%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM19.8%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Jennifer Sephton (Previously Taylor)
- Telephone
- 01704577637