Waterloo Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Waterloo Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Waterloo 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
- Here, 32.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 19 of the 38 other Sefton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Crosby Road North, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 0LD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 416 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 49 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 John's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Great Crosby Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hatton Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forefield Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade