Sylvester Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.328 miles
Published by Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sylvester Primary Academy is a primary school in Liverpool, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sylvester Primary Academy 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 | 0.328 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.328 miles, the 4th shortest of the 20 Knowsley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.76 miles).
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 58% was the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Knowsley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Knowsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St John's Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 0UX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 294 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel cared for at this welcoming school.”
- “Pupils conduct themselves well.”
- “They get along well with each other and staff deal with any fallouts appropriately.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s checks on pupils’ learning are not consistently effective.”
- “At times, this means that pupils do not get timely support to address their errors and misconceptions.”
- “However, for some pupils with SEND, the school does not consistently meet their needs as well as it could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 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) | 58% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Knowsley.
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blacklow Brow School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Aloysius Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published