Rudston Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rudston Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Rudston 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 43 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 22 of the 136 Reception 2026 applications (16%) came from families living outside Liverpool, and 4 offers went to them.
- 35% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 29.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.2 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
- Rudston Road, Liverpool, L16 4PQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children who attend the nursery, enjoy coming to this friendly and caring school.”
- “They play together energetically and engage positively with their learning.”
- “Pupils know that teachers and staff want the best for them.”
To improve
- “In a few other subjects, leaders are improving the curriculum.”
- “These subject leaders are still finalising the exact knowledge that they want pupils to learn.”
- “In these subjects, teachers sometimes lack clarity.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 35% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 43 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.
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King David Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Childwall Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King's Northway Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mosspits Lane Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Childwall Valley Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published