St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Bootle, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Benedict's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bootle, Sefton for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Benedict'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 2025 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 29 offers, which is 0.8 first choices per offer, the 9th lowest of 72 Sefton primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Results in 2024/25: 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
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
- Copy Lane, Netherton, Bootle, L30 7PG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 231 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff strive to realise the school aim of ‘Working together to bring about a welcoming atmosphere’.”
- “Pupils told the inspector that they value the strong relationships that they have with their friends and with the staff.”
- “This helps them to feel happy and safe at school.”
To improve
- “However, in a very small number of subjects, leaders have recently introduced a new curriculum.”
- “Nevertheless, leaders have not ensured that teachers identify and address the gaps in subject knowledge that some pupils have as a result of the previous weaker curriculums.”
- “Consequently, these pupils struggle to make sense of new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2023 (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: 23 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 23 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.
- The Grange Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Oswald's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- Netherton Moss Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Spirit Catholic Academy 0.8 mi Not judged
- Hudson Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Litherland Moss Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published