Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wirral Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place in Reception 2025, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 3 earlier years.
- 64 of the 83 other Wirral primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- For Reception 2026, there were 71 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 24% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wirral schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rigby Drive, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 1RE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are exceptionally happy to be members of this kind and caring school community.”
- “They understand the school’s values, and they do their utmost to live out the school’s mission to ‘do everything with love’.”
- “This is reflected in their impeccable behaviour during their lessons and throughout the school day.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 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) | 86% | 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: 71 first-preference applications, 60 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 Wirral.
- Greasby Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Greasby Infant School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookdale Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Irby Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodchurch CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Overchurch Junior School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade