Marshside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Marshside Primary School is a primary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Marshside 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place; in 2015, 2022 and 2025 places ran out, and the last distance swung sharply, most of all from 2015 to 2022.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 14.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 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
- Elswick Road, Marshside, Southport, PR9 9XA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Marshside Primary School is a welcoming school where pupils are kind and considerate towards one another.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy school.”
- “They said that they feel happy and safe in this close-knit community.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, as a result of shortcomings in the previous curriculum, some older pupils have residual gaps in their knowledge that remain unaddressed.”
- “This means that, on occasion, these pupils are not as well prepared for the next stages of their education as they could be.”
- “However, from time to time, a few pupils do not behave in such a positive manner during social times.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 November 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) | 56% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Larkfield Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Churchtown Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Good
- Norwood Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade