Springwell Park Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Bootle, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.00 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Springwell Park Community Primary School is a primary school in Bootle, Sefton for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Springwell Park 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 | 2.00 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.00 miles away, the 4th longest of 18 Sefton primary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 4 of 7 years with a published outcome; the 2026 distance was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 62 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sefton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Menai Road, Menai Road, Bootle, L20 6PG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 440 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ happiness and safety is paramount at this school.”
- “They particularly value the range of support available to help them to manage their emotions.”
- “This includes the staff who are on hand to respond immediately when pupils might be struggling with their feelings.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school has not ensured that there is the same level of subject knowledge and expertise.”
- “In these subjects, the school does not review how well some content is taught with the same depth and rigour.”
- “Some important knowledge is not delivered as well as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 March 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) | 29% | 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: 62 first-preference applications, 60 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 Sefton.
- St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- King's Lander Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Linacre Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Thomas Gray Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published