St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.399 miles
Published by Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph the Worker 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 | 0.399 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.399 miles away, the 7th shortest of 20 Knowsley primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils 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 Knowsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bewley Drive, Southdene, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 9PF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, told inspectors that they feel happy and safe at school.”
- “They said that there is always an adult who they can go to if needed.”
- “Leaders deal effectively with any bullying or unkindness.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not identified the essential knowledge that pupils must know and remember.”
- “In these subjects, some teachers do not have all the information that they need to deliver the curriculum as well as they could.”
- “On occasion, this hinders how well some pupils learn in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 February 2023 (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) | 53% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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 Knowsley.
- St Laurence's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kirkby CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Brow Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millbrook Community Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westvale Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Marie's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published