St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 June 2023. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 80 of the 109 other Liverpool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 20.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.4 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
- Neilson Road, Aigburth, St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Primary School, Liverpool, L17 7BA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School.”
- “They enjoy the warm welcome from staff each morning.”
- “Pupils said that staff care for them well.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not finalised their curriculum thinking.”
- “In these subjects, leaders are in the process of refining the subject knowledge that should be taught.”
- “As a result, some pupils’ learning across these subjects is uneven.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 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: 44 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 44 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 Charles' Catholic Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Matthew Arnold Primary School 0.5 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Finbar's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cleopas' Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Silas Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sudley Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsley Community School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published