Melling Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.482 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Melling Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Melling 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 | 0.482 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.482 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 18 Sefton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 saw 46 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.5 first choices per offer and the 4th highest of 72 Sefton primary schools.
- In 2026, 30 Reception offers went to first-choice families, and 16 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (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
- Wheeler Drive, Melling, Liverpool, L31 1DA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils treat each other with respect at this school.”
- “Pupils have impeccable manners.”
- “They willingly help out around school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, staff are less sure about what essential knowledge should be taught.”
- “Pupils do not develop a deep enough understanding of these subjects.”
- “However, some staff have not received up-to-date phonics training.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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: 46 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.
- Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Summerhill Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hudson Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northway Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published