Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Southport, Sefton
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sefton Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025; for Reception 2026 there were 48 first-choice applications for 52 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception 2027 the published admission number is 45 places, while 52 Reception offers were made for 2026.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Grantham Road, Southport, PR8 4LT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
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) | 58% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 48 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.
- Farnborough Road Infant School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Farnborough Road Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Birkdale Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Linaker Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kew Woods Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade