Halsnead Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Prescot, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Halsnead Primary School is a primary school in Prescot, Knowsley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Halsnead 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 |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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 for Reception 2026, as at 27 of the 47 other Knowsley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 17.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Knowsley.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Pennywood Drive, Whiston, Prescot, L35 3TX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 252 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school where all pupils are welcome, irrespective of their faith or background.”
- “Pupils said that they are proud of the way that they respect each other and adults.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at school.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, leaders have not ensured that teachers identify and address the gaps in knowledge that some pupils have due to weaknesses in the previous curriculum.”
- “This means that some pupils have insecure foundations on which to build new learning in these subjects.”
- “Where teachers have not provided learning activities that help pupils to backfill this knowledge, pupils’ learning is sometimes more fragile.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 66% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 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 Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whiston Willis Primary Academy 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Prescot Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Evelyn Community Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published