Larkfield 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 🔒
Larkfield 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 14 June 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Larkfield 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 applicant was offered a place in 2026; in 2015 and 2025, a last distance offered was published, and it swung between those years.
- Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, the 23rd highest ratio of 72 Sefton primary schools, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
- At the end of primary school in 2024/25, 15% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
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
- Preston New Road, Southport, PR9 8PA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 256 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about their school.”
- “They arrive happy and ready to learn.”
- “There is an atmosphere of mutual respect between pupils.”
To improve
- “Leaders have introduced a new curriculum in most subjects, although some are at different stages of development.”
- “However, some of the tasks that pupils are given to complete do not match the curriculum well enough.”
- “Some pupils develop gaps in their learning as a result.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 July 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: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.
- Churchtown Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good
- Marshside Primary School 0.6 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 1.1 mi Good
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Good
- Norwood Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade