St Christopher's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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
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St Christopher's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Christopher'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 | 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 was the case at 80 of the 109 other Liverpool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 36 first-choice applications for 37 offers in Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- The school has 26.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20 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
- Tarbock Road, Speke, Liverpool, L24 0SN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 389 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Kind words and familiar faces welcome every pupil to this school each morning.”
- “This reflects the school's Catholic values of caring, learning and inspiring.”
- “Pupils feel safe, valued and known as individuals.”
To improve
- “Phonics outcomes are below national expectations and pupils do not recall multiplication tables with sufficient fluency.”
- “Too many pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, miss too much school.”
- “This affects their learning and their chance to enjoy everything the school has to offer.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 36 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.
- Stockton Wood Community Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Middlefield Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hunts Cross Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Catholic Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Banks Road Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Much Woolton Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Garston Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published