St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.212 miles
Published by Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Andrew the Apostle 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 18 March 2025. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Andrew the Apostle 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 | 1.212 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.212 miles away, the 4th longest of the 20 Knowsley primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- In Reception 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 28 offers: 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Higher Road, Halewood, Liverpool, L26 1TD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Children and pupils are happy at this school and thrive.”
- “They achieve well in different curriculum subjects because of the school’s high expectations.”
- “Pupils love to gain new knowledge.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, sometimes, the school does not ensure that staff think carefully enough about which activities will best support pupils’ learning of the curriculum.”
- “This means that, on occasion, some pupils learn parts of the curriculum less well.”
- “In 2024, the proportion of pupils who met the expected standard in the multiplication check in Year 4 was below average.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 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) | 59% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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.
- Yew Tree Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Plantation Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mark's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Halewood Church of England Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blacklow Brow School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sylvester Primary Academy 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published