Hudson Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.509 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hudson Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Hudson 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 | 0.509 mi |
| 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 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.509 miles away, the 4th shortest of 18 Sefton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2023 to 2024; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2021.
- There were 32 first-choice applications for 28 Reception offers in 2026; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Moorhey Road, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 5LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 282 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are full of smiles as they arrive at Hudson Primary School each morning.”
- “They are greeted warmly by kind and caring staff.”
- “Positive relationships between staff and pupils are evident throughout the school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge due to the previous curriculum.”
- “This sometimes makes it difficult for them to make connections between their existing knowledge and new learning.”
- “However, a small number of pupils in key stage 2, who have not benefited from the new approach to teaching reading, have some gaps in their reading knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 September 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) | 59% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 28 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 Sefton.
- St George's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Summerhill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northway Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Bosco Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good