Northcote 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
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Northcote Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Northcote 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
- 48.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 39.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- In Reception 2026 there were 49 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool that have results.
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
- Cavendish Drive, Walton, Liverpool, L9 1HW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, are happy and achieve well at this caring school.”
- “For example, pupils enjoy taking part in ukulele, water polo and board game clubs.”
- “The school provides pupils with a rich diet of wider opportunities such as sports competitions and educational visits.”
To improve
- “However, some aspects of the early years curriculum do not identify the knowledge that children will learn in sufficient detail.”
- “This hampers some children’s preparation for future learning.”
- “However, errors in some pupils’ spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting go unchecked.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 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) | 45% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 49 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.
- Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Florence Melly Community Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Longmoor Community Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published