Childwall Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Childwall Valley Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 4–11 (community school). Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Childwall Valley 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 2026, Reception had 21 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, as was the case at 80 of the 109 other Liverpool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool that have results.
- There are 21.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 25 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
- Craighurst Road, Liverpool, L25 1NW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this nurturing school, where staff know them well and celebrate their individual talents.”
- “Pupils appreciate that they can be themselves within the caring environment.”
- “Pupils embody the school’s values.”
To improve
- “However, pupils' attainment in mathematics was lower in 2025 than in previous years.”
- “Older pupils, including those who join at different times, sometimes have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “At times, these limit the progress that some pupils make through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 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) | 52% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 21 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 Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belle Vale Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Rudston Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Childwall Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dovecot Primary School 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- King David Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published