Shoreside Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Southport, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.833 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Shoreside Primary School is a primary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Shoreside 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 | 0.833 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 72 Sefton primary schools.
- 28 offers went to first-choice families in Reception 2026, so 13 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.833 miles, the 9th longest of the 18 Sefton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.83 miles).
- In 2026 the Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sefton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Westminster Drive, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 2QZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils know exactly how leaders expect them to behave.”
- “They benefit from leaders’ high expectations and the clear and consistent routines in place.”
- “These help pupils to behave exceptionally well across the school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not recall their learning as well as they should over time.”
- “Occasionally, some early years staff miss opportunities to reinforce or extend children’s knowledge across other areas of learning.”
- “As a result, some children do not deepen their learning as quickly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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) | 79% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Sefton.
- Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Farnborough Road Infant School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Farnborough Road Junior School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Freshfield Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained