Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Our Lady and St Philomena's 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 17th highest of 106 Liverpool primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 30 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- There are 25.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
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
- Sparrow Hall Road, Liverpool, L9 6BU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at the school.”
- “They know that any challenges that they may experience in the world outside do not shape their lives in the school.”
- “Classrooms are calm yet ‘buzzing’ with eager pupils learning, while music can be heard playing gently in the background.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, in a few subjects, staff do not help pupils well enough to retrieve some of their prior learning from their memory.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes find it hard to build their understanding of new knowledge based on what they have already learned.”
- “Nevertheless, staff do not ensure that pupils in upper key stage 2 are familiar enough with the work of a wide and diverse range of authors.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 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) | 55% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Ranworth Square Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wellesbourne Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leamington Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Name Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Fazakerley Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monksdown Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broad Square Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published