Knowsley Village School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Prescot, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Knowsley Village School is a primary school in Prescot, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Knowsley Village School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 27 of the 47 other Knowsley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Knowsley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Knowsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sugar Lane, Knowsley, Knowsley Village Primary School, Prescot, L34 0ER
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 175 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending their welcoming school.”
- “They skip in each day and go home smiling.”
- “Pupils know that the school cares for them and puts their well-being first.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, learning tasks are not adapted well enough for pupils with SEND.”
- “The school has not ensured that teachers have the necessary expertise to scaffold learning effectively.”
- “On these occasions, pupils with SEND struggle to achieve the intended learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 43% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 9 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Knowsley.
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Albert's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stockbridge Village Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Brigid's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Knowsley Lane Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park Brow Community Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published