St Laurence's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.152 miles
Published by Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
St Laurence's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 6 November 2024. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Laurence'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 | 1.152 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.152 miles away, the 5th longest of 20 Knowsley primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.76 miles).
- Of the 2 Reception years with a published outcome, 2025 and 2026, every applicant was offered a place in 1.
- Reception 2026 had 55 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest 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
- Leeside Avenue, Southdene, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 9QX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 390 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 6 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from warm and supportive relationships with staff.”
- “This gives them the confidence to try their best and to be unafraid to make mistakes.”
- “As a result, pupils typically achieve well across a broad range of subjects.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, teachers do not support pupils to remember key knowledge over time as well as they could.”
- “When this happens, pupils struggle to build on their previous learning.”
- “However, the governing body does not show the same level of oversight in some other aspects of the school’s work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2024 (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) | 56% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Park Brow Community Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kirkby CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Millbrook Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eastcroft Park School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published