Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery
School Name: Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery Address: Brockenhurst Road, Walton Town/City: Liverpool Postcode: L9 3BU Telephone Number: 0151 525 9776 Website: www.ricelaneprimary.co.uk
Phase: Primary (ages 3-11) Type: Community school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2015
Headteacher: Mrs Lesley Roach
Capacity: 739
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 597 (52% boys & 48% girls)
Enrollment: 81% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 33.9%
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
URN: 141937
DfE Number: 341/2034
UKPRN: 10071142
UPRN: 38023179
Region: North West (E12000002)
District: Liverpool (E08000012)
Constituency: Liverpool Walton (E14001339)
Electoral Ward: Walton (E05015331)
Easting & Northing: 336134E, 396247N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 27' 35" N 2° 57' 47.59" W
Plus Code: 9C5VF25P+VP
DfE Record: View record
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School (0.7km)
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College (0.9km)
- Longmoor Community Primary School (0.9km)
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School (0.9km)
- Cavendish View School (0.9km)
- Northcote Primary School (0.9km)
- Liverpool Progressive School (1.1km)
- Alsop High School (1.4km)
- King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes (1.4km)
- Hillside High School (1.4km)
Predecessor schools†
- Mrs Elizabeth Baxter - Governor. Appointed on 29 November 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 28 November 2029.
- Mrs Nicola Blain - Governor. Appointed on 6 December 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 5 December 2026.
- Mrs Pauline Davies - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 11 September 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 10 September 2028.
- Mrs Ellen Douglas - Governor. Appointed on 6 December 2022 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 5 December 2026.
- Miss Mary Dowrick - Governor. Appointed on 30 October 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 29 October 2026.
- Mr Mark Gilbertson - Governor. Appointed on 15 November 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 14 November 2028.
- Mr Graham Gilliland - Governor. Appointed on 26 February 2024 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 25 February 2028.
- Mr Frank Hilliard - Governor. Appointed on 11 September 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 10 January 2028.
- Mr Gareth Jones - Governor. Appointed on 23 January 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 22 January 2029.
- Ms Wendy Mason - Governor. Appointed on 16 May 2025 (Nominated by LA and appointed by GB). Term runs until 15 May 2029.
- Mrs Audrey Mattocks - Governor. Appointed on 11 January 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 10 January 2028.
- Headteacher Lesley Roach - Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2021 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Mr Andrew Soulsby - Governor. Appointed on 14 November 2023 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 13 November 2027.
- Ms Amanda Tambourini-Moore - Governor. Appointed on 19 May 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 18 May 2029.
- Mrs Hayley Taylor - Governor. Appointed on 23 January 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 22 January 2028.