Northway Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.663 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northway Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Northway 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 | 0.663 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.663 miles away, the 7th shortest of 18 Sefton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.83 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2021.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 43 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest 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
- Dodds Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 9AA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 370 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 September 2023
Strengths
- “Everybody is welcome at Northway.”
- “Pupils thrive in this happy and encouraging school that is at the heart of the community.”
- “Pupils and their families appreciate the warm welcome that they receive from staff as they arrive each morning.”
To improve
- “However, at times, teachers do not use assessment strategies effectively in lessons to check pupils’ understanding.”
- “However, occasionally, the books that pupils at the early stages of learning phonics are given to practise their reading are too difficult.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 72% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 43 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 Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate 0.3 mi Outstanding
- St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lydiate Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Green Park Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John Bosco Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Summerhill Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good