Croxteth Primary is Inclusive School

June 23, 2026

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Croxteth Community Primary School is a large primary school in Liverpool. The school provides for children aged 3-11 years, with a nursery provision for younger children. The school is part of the Rainbow Education Multi-Academy Trust. Croxteth Community Primary School has a deeply embedded culture of inclusion which is rooted in the strong relationships, high expectations and shared purpose.

Leaders, staff, pupils and families describe the school as feeling like a place where everyone is known and valued as an individual. Strong pastoral systems are in place to support families and pupils, and every interaction is seen as important, with importance being places on positive relationships. The Link parent café onsite provides a weekly opportunity for parents to access support, attend workshops and connect with other families in a relaxed environment. Additional initiatives such as coffee mornings, stay-and-play sessions and family workshops further strengthen these relationships. Staff are accessible and open towards parents and available to discuss their child’s progress.

Inclusion at the core

Inclusion is not an additional initiative but is a fundamental guiding principle behind all decisions around curriculum design, teaching practise, and community engagement. Leaders and staff all work together within this environment and understand that inclusion is everybody’s responsibility.

Leaders articulate a strong commitment to ensuring that every pupil is supported to succeed, particularly those who may face additional barriers to learning.
Staff make effective use of scaffolding, visual modelling, manipulatives and digital technologies to support understanding. Flexible seating, standing desks and accessible resources ensure that pupils can engage with learning in ways that suit their needs.

Technology plays an important role, with digital working walls, learning platforms and personalised pupil dashboards supporting independence and accessibility in lessons. The physical learning environment is carefully designed to support emotional regulation and inclusion, with calm spaces,
low-stimulus areas and regulation stations.

Assessment systems are holistic and responsive. Academic data is considered alongside information about pupils’ wellbeing, family circumstances and personal development. Leaders emphasise the importance of understanding the whole child, and the school’s safeguarding and pastoral systems ensure that emerging needs are quickly identified and addressed.

Holistic approach

Staff at Croxteth Community Primary School adapt and enrich the trust curriculum to ensure that pupils gain access to experiences that they might not otherwise be able to access. This includes trips, careers events, community engagement events, and enrichment activities which broaden pupils’ horizons and raise their personal and professional aspirations. The school has also developed a Life Skills and Safeguarding curriculum which ensures that pupils develop resilience, an understanding of safety and self-regulation skills. SEMH needs are responded to via the Trust’s Lead Child Wellbeing Officer who works with the school to provide a holistic, family focused approach.

The school’s behaviour system and curriculum emphasise the pupils’ emotional wellbeing, and teaching skills for regulation. Zones of Regulation have been embedded across the school, enabling pupils to identify their emotions, along with Forest School, sensory activities, and therapeutic interventions with further pupils’ social and emotional development.

Pupils praise the kind and respectful community and the shared rules and expectations. There is an attitude of “no outsiders” and staff provide support and help calm children, enabling them to access safe spaces and use strategies such as fidget tools and mindful activities when they are in the “Red Zone.”

We are very proud to recognise Croxteth Community Primary with the Inclusive School Award.