Barlows Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barlows Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Barlows 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 22.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 46.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Liverpool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Barlows Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 9EH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 406 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “This is a warm and caring school.”
- “They are committed to the school’s central values, such as kindness and teamwork.”
- “They are polite and well mannered and move around the school in an orderly way.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ secure progress through the curriculum is not reflected in the provisional 2024 published data.”
- “Pupils’ attainment in reading, writing and mathematics was significantly below the national average.”
- “This was due to weaknesses in the curriculum in the past.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 78% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 36 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 Liverpool.
- Holy Name Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Longmoor Community Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Fazakerley Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ranworth Square Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leamington Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published