Linaker Primary School
Primary school in Southport, Sefton. Requires improvement (Oct 2023).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 3 October 2023, report published 19 November 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Linaker Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Linaker Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around April 2026
The last inspection was in October 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesBirkdale Primary School
School remains Good (Apr 2024)
- 0.5 milesSt Philip's Church of England Primary School
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
- 0.9 milesHoly Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport
Report card, Jun 2026: 7 expected
- 1.2 milesKew Woods Primary School
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
- 1.2 milesNorwood Primary School
School remains Good (Nov 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.