Lydiate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, 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 🔒
Lydiate 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 June 2024. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lydiate 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
- In Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 16 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the lowest of 72 Sefton primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- 5 of the 44 applications (11%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Sefton, and 3 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Lambshear Lane, Lydiate, Liverpool, L31 2JZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are nurtured and well cared for.”
- “They are happy in school and trust staff to support them when any problems arise.”
- “Pupils value spending time in the ‘blossom room’, where staff help them to manage their emotions well.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s most recent published data does not reflect this.”
- “In 2023, a significant proportion of pupils left Year 6 having made below average progress in reading and mathematics.”
- “However, in one or two subjects, teachers do not support pupils to remember key knowledge over time as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 47% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 10 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 Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate 0.4 mi Outstanding
- Green Park Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John Bosco Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Northway Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Summerhill Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published