Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.357 miles
Published by Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Arnot St Mary CofE 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 | 0.357 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.357 miles away, the shortest of 14 Liverpool primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 73 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, so 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- That is 1.3 first choices per offer for Reception in 2026, the 9th highest of 106 Liverpool primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Arnot Street, Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool, L4 4ED
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 490 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, are happy, safe and confident.”
- “They live and breathe the school’s mission to be ‘Ready, Kind and Safe’.”
- “Pupils also respect and welcome diversity and difference.”
To improve
- “However, it is too soon to see the full impact of this work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 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) | 69% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 58 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 Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Northcote Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Florence Melly Community Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Four Oaks Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published