St Clare'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 Clare's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Clare'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
- In 2024/25, 33% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- The same 2024/25 results show 0% of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 37th highest of 106 Liverpool primary schools.
- Of the 2026 Reception offers, 27 went to first-choice families, 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place, and 2 went to families ranking it second or lower.
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
- Garmoyle Close, Liverpool, L15 0DW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils have a strong sense of community at this warm and caring school.”
- “They know the importance of treating others with kindness and with respect.”
- “Although many pupils arrive at different times during the year, they settle in remarkably quickly.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school has further refinements to make regarding curriculum content.”
- “As a result, at times, teachers are not certain about the specific knowledge to deliver, leading to some gaps in pupils’ understanding.”
- “However, staff are not as fastidious in identifying and addressing mistakes in pupils’ written work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 April 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) | 33% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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.
- Lawrence Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Hugh's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenbank Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Heygreen Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wavertree Church of England School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Smithdown Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dovedale Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published