Florence Melly Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.939 miles
Published by Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Florence Melly Community Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Florence Melly 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 | 0.939 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.939 miles away, the 7th shortest of the 14 Liverpool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 68 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 8 January 2025, was Standards maintained; its previous graded outcome, on 27 June 2019, was Outstanding.
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
- Bushey Road, Liverpool, L4 9UA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “This school is a fantastic place to learn and make friends.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) thrive.”
- “This is because of the school’s high expectations of all its pupils.”
To improve
- “The published outcomes for pupils’ spelling, punctuation and grammar in Year 6 in 2024 were below average.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 2025 (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) | 64% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 57 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.
- Leamington Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Pinehurst Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Northcote Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wellesbourne Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ranworth Square Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published