St Finbar's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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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St Finbar's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2021. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Finbar'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
- For Reception 2026 there were 8 first-choice applications for 11 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 80 of the 109 other Liverpool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2024/25 reading, writing and maths, it ranked 3rd 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
- South Hill Road, Liverpool, L8 9RY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 159 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 November 2021
Strengths
- “St Finbar’s is a happy and welcoming place that pupils enjoy attending.”
- “They said that they have lots of friends and that ‘no one is left out’.”
- “Pupils said that they feel safe because staff are kind and look after them well.”
To improve
- “However, in a minority of subjects, leaders have not organised curriculums as thoughtfully.”
- “This hinders pupils from making connections between what they are learning and their knowledge from previous years.”
- “They are less well informed about how well pupils, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, are learning the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2022 (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) | 54% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 8 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.
- Matthew Arnold Primary School 0.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Cleopas' Church of England Primary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Silas Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Charles' Catholic Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Windsor Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published