Woolton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.165 miles
Published by Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Woolton Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Woolton 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 | 2.165 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 2.165 miles away, the 2nd longest of 14 Liverpool primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.12 miles).
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 entry there were 79 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 77 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 13.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30% 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
- Out Lane, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 5NN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 640 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this lively and vibrant learning community, which has books in every corner.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, are enthusiastic learners who focus well on their learning.”
- “They are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders’ thinking around their curriculums is less developed.”
- “As a result, some staff do not use assessment strategies effectively in order to check that pupils have learned the intended curriculum.”
- “This hinders some pupils when they come to apply their learning to more complex concepts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 84% | 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: 79 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 77 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.
- Much Woolton Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Belle Vale Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Netherley Park Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Childwall Valley Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Childwall Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published