Valewood Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.430 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Valewood 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.
Valewood 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 | 0.430 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 drew 55 first-choice applications for 27 offers: 2.0 first choices per offer, the highest of 72 Sefton primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 28 first-choice families (51%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.430 miles away, 2nd shortest of 18 Sefton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 70% 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
- Sherwood Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 7YG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
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) | 70% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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 Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Great Crosby Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Ursuline Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Forefield Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade