Kew Woods Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Southport, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kew Woods Primary School is a primary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Kew Woods 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 |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 5 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 52 first-choice applications for 53 offers; 11 of the 101 applications (11%) came from families outside Sefton, and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton that have results.
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
- Ovington Drive, Southport, PR8 6JW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 426 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), learn and achieve well.”
- “Pupils develop eager interest in their learning.”
- “They are polite, kind and sensible.”
To improve
- “In a few foundation subjects, leaders’ work to identify the essential knowledge that they want pupils to learn is less well developed.”
- “This means that some of pupils’ knowledge is less comprehensive.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 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: 52 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 52 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.
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Linaker Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birkdale Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Norwood Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good
- Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade