St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mark's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. Knowsley and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Mark'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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- In Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 4th 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
- Fir Avenue, Halewood, Liverpool, L26 0XR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to St Mark’s primary school.”
- “They arrive each day with a happy smile, keen to meet with their friends and learn new things.”
- “Pupils appreciate the differences between each other.”
To improve
- “However, there is still more to do to ensure that these expectations are realised, and pupils’ achievement improves.”
- “Currently, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should in a few subjects.”
- “Governors are still developing effective systems to ensure that they have a clear and complete understanding of the school’s performance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 67% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 23 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.
- Plantation Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Halewood Church of England Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Yew Tree Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sylvester Primary Academy 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blacklow Brow School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published