Birkdale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Southport, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Birkdale Primary School is a primary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Birkdale 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 |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in both earlier years, 2015 and 2022.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sefton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Matlock Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 4EL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 430 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of this caring and welcoming school.”
- “They know that each member of staff cares about them as individuals.”
- “Many pupils, and their parents and carers, spoke of the loving Birkdale school family.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects where the curriculum is newer, some pupils struggle to remember over time.”
- “As a result, in these subjects, some pupils cannot build on prior knowledge when they are learning something new.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 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) | 30% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 35 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 Sefton.
- Linaker Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Farnborough Road Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Farnborough Road Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Kew Woods Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Norwood Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published