Thomas Gray Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Bootle, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.640 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thomas Gray Primary School is a primary school in Bootle, Sefton for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Thomas Gray 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 | 0.640 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
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child living 0.640 miles away, the 6th shortest of 18 Sefton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015, though it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 68.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 47.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sefton.
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
- Chestnut Grove, Bootle, L20 4LX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 318 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 68.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 28 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.
- All Saints Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Linacre Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's Lander Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Springwell Park Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published