St Ambrose Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Ambrose Catholic Academy is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Ambrose Catholic 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 80 of the 109 other Liverpool primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 68% of pupils, against a middle figure of 44.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Liverpool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Alderfield Drive, Speke, Liverpool, L24 7SF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 181 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 68% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their warm welcome each day from Luna, the school dog, and from the staff team.”
- “Pupils feel happy and ready to learn in school, which is a safe haven for many.”
- “Pupils exemplify the school’s values of ‘hope, believe and achieve’.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the systems for checking what pupils know and remember over time are less effective.”
- “This means that, in these areas, gaps in learning go unaddressed.”
- “As a result, some pupils are unable to make connections with their prior learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 March 2025 (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) | 72% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 15 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 Liverpool.
- Middlefield Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Christopher's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stockton Wood Community Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hunts Cross Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Much Woolton Catholic Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Banks Road Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woolton Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published