Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.735 miles
Published by Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2024. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant 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 | 1.735 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.735 miles away, the 3rd longest of 14 Liverpool primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.12 miles).
- In 2026, Reception had 42 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 12 of the 57 applications came from families living outside Liverpool, and 8 offers went to them.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 72% met the expected standard, highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Liverpool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mab Lane, Liverpool, L12 6QL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 355 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 June 2024
Strengths
- “The school motto ‘Only the best’ is lived out in every aspect of school life.”
- “Pupils have highly positive attitudes to school and a keen readiness to learn.”
- “They are considerate and polite.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, from time to time, some of the activities selected do not help pupils to deepen their knowledge as effectively as they could.”
- “This hinders some pupils from learning all that they could.”
- “They were less clear about some of the other fundamental British values.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 72% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 42 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 Liverpool.
- Blueberry Park 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackmoor Park Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Blackmoor Park Infants' School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dovecot Primary School 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Knotty Ash Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published