Farnborough Road Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · 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 🔒
Farnborough Road Infant School is a primary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 March 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Farnborough Road Infant 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
- For Reception in 2026 there were 98 first-choice applications for 102 offers; 97 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 7.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
- The school has 24.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
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
- Farnborough Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 3DF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 428 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils appreciate leaders’ ambition that everyone feels special, has hope and a reason to smile.”
- “Pupils feel at ease and enjoy one another’s company.”
- “Pupils often give staff a friendly greeting as they pass them in the corridors.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, on occasions, some staff in the Nursery classes ask children too many questions in quick succession.”
- “At these times, staff’s conversation with children is stilted and some children learn less well.”
- “However, a few pupils learn to read less well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 98 first-preference applications, 102 offers in total, 97 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.
- Farnborough Road Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birkdale Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Linaker Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kew Woods Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good