Broad Square 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 🔒
Broad Square Community Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Broad Square 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
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- At the higher standard, 16% of pupils reached it in 2024/25 (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 38.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 17.5 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 46.3% and 19.1 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
- Broad Square, Liverpool, L11 1BS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 396 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe, happy and loved at this caring school.”
- “Positive relationships and respect are at the heart of the school.”
- “Pupils who are new to the school receive a warm welcome.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff do not provide pupils with sufficient opportunities to remember their earlier learning.”
- “This means that some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “In 2023, pupils’ progress in reading at the end of key stage 2 was significantly below the national average.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 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) | 69% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 39 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.
- Monksdown Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wellesbourne Community Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Roscoe Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leamington Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ranworth Square Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published