Bedford Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool, 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 🔒
Bedford Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Bedford 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
- 38% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2024/25; England 62%), 3rd lowest of this school and 7 of the 8 nearest Sefton primary schools that have results.
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 11 of the 73 Reception 2026 applications (15%) came from families living outside Sefton, and 7 offers went to them.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
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
- Quarry Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 9LJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Warm relationships between staff and pupils underpin this caring community.”
- “Pupils are welcomed by friendly staff with personal greetings.”
- “Pupils who join the school at different times of the year, including those who speak English as an additional language, settle quickly.”
To improve
- “However, pupils, including children in the early years, are not supported to achieve as well as they could.”
- “Staffing instabilities have slowed the progress of some of this improvement work.”
- “Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, have gaps in their knowledge across the curriculum, particularly in writing and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2026 (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) | 38% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 50 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.
- Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged
- All Saints Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Linacre Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas Gray Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's Lander Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Springwell Park Community Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published