Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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
2024 figure 🔒
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic 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 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 57.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton that have results.
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
- Ford Close, Litherland, Liverpool, L21 0EP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 153 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this small school with a big heart.”
- “Staff and Teddy, the therapy dog, greet pupils warmly each morning.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe and valued.”
To improve
- “However, owing to some weaknesses in the delivery of the curriculum, overall, pupils do not achieve as well as they should in basic writing skills, and their knowledge across some wider curriculum subjects is not as secure as it should be by the end of Year 6.”
- “However, some do not develop the foundational knowledge that they need in writing.”
- “Gaps in handwriting skills, spelling and sentence writing are not closing quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2026 (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) | 29% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- Hatton Hill Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly
- Forefield Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Litherland Moss Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Spirit Catholic Academy 0.9 mi Not judged
- Great Crosby Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good