Smithdown Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.482 miles
Published by Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Smithdown Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (community school). Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Smithdown 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 78 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.482 miles away, the 2nd shortest of the 14 Liverpool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Ofsted's inspection on 27 January 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 29 September 2021, was Outstanding.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Chatsworth Drive, Liverpool, L7 6LJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 484 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to a school where the motto 'Together we grow' is reflected in daily life.”
- “They feel known, valued and included.”
- “Relationships between pupils and adults are warm and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes teaching, including the teaching of writing, does not help pupils to secure the depth of knowledge they need across all subjects.”
- “Persistent absence remains higher for some pupils with SEND.”
- “Pupils have not consistently reached the standards expected in national tests at the end of key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 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) | 50% | 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: 78 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsley Community School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Hugh's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kensington Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lawrence Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Windsor Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published