Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Merseyside, Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Merseyside, Liverpool for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 February 2023. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Our Lady and St Swithin'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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place: 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers, with 1 offer going to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- At the higher standard in 2024/25, 10% of pupils reached it (England 8%).
- There are 15.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 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
- Parkstile Lane, Croxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, L11 0BQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this school.”
- “Leaders have given much thought to creating a positive and welcoming school environment for pupils.”
- “For example, pupils walk through calming multi-sensory corridors where relaxing music is played and incense dispensers give off soothing smells.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum that leaders have designed for pupils in the specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND (specially resourced provision) is not fit for purpose.”
- “This curriculum is not ambitious enough and does not meet these pupils’ academic needs and capabilities sufficiently.”
- “Therefore, while the majority of pupils in the school achieve well in many subjects, this is not the case for pupils in the specially resourced provision.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2023 (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) | 55% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 20 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.
- Croxteth Community Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Fazakerley Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ranworth Square Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monksdown Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Name Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published