Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.822 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Forefield Community Infant and Nursery 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 | 0.822 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 child offered a Reception place lived 0.822 miles away, 9th shortest of 18 Sefton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle: 0.83 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2015, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2021 to 2022.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 108 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 85 offers went to first-choice families and 23 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 10.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 32.5% 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
- Forefield Lane, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 9SL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 318 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 108 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 85 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.
- Forefield Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Great Crosby Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- St William of York Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hatton Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Waterloo Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Valewood Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published