Freshfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.636 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Freshfield Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Freshfield 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 | 0.636 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
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.7 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 72 Sefton primary schools.
- For Reception in 2026, 30 offers went to first-choice families and 21 first-choice families (41%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.636 miles from the school, the 5th shortest of the 18 Sefton primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 one was further from the school than in 2025.
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
- Watchyard Lane, Formby, Liverpool, L37 3JT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 272 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Freshfield Primary school is a special place.”
- “Pupils delight in coming to this happy school each day.”
- “They are greeted by staff every morning with a warm and welcoming smile.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 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) | 69% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Redgate Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Jerome's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Shoreside Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published