Ursuline Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Not published
From Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2024
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Ursuline Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 May 2024. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
Ursuline 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 2024 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 1.1 first choices per offer, the 17th highest of 72 Sefton primary schools.
- 58 Reception offers in 2026 went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place; 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
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
- Nicholas Road, Liverpool, L23 6TT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations for what pupils should achieve.”
- “Pupils work hard in lessons and are engaged in their learning.”
- “They are happy and excited to come to school.”
To improve
- “However, a few subject curriculums do not outline what pupils need to learn as well as they should.”
- “This slows pupils’ learning in these subjects.”
- “In addition, the school has not developed an effective approach to assessment in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 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) | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Nicholas Church of England Primary School 0.1 mi Good
- Valewood Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Waterloo Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Crosby Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Forefield Junior School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade