Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Prescot, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.493 miles
Published by Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Prescot, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady's Catholic Primary 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 | 0.493 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.493 miles, the 9th shortest of 20 Knowsley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.76 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 8 schools, this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Knowsley that have results, the 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 2nd lowest.
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
- Ward Street, Prescot, L34 6JJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “There are strong relationships across the school.”
- “They comment that they are looked after well by both their friends and staff.”
- “They know that their teachers act quickly and successfully to resolve any bullying should it occur.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teaching and learning are less well developed.”
- “This means that pupils’ knowledge is not as secure over time in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2023 (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) | 54% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Evelyn Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Prescot Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whiston Willis Primary Academy 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Halsnead Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published