St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 40 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 106 Liverpool primary schools.
- In 2026, 28 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place; 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 42.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Meadow Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 5EA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 42.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Mary’s learn in a welcoming and supportive community where each child is known as an individual.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They feel that they belong, and they welcome new pupils and visitors warmly.”
To improve
- “However, leaders know that pupils do not achieve as well in mathematics.”
- “Some pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged, do not secure key knowledge as well as they should.”
- “Even so, some of these pupils do not routinely receive the support they need to build important skills in reading, writing and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2026 (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) | 57% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Monksdown Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Broad Square Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackmoor Park Infants' School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roscoe Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackmoor Park Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade