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Hatton Hill Primary School

Community school in Liverpool, L21 9NZ, taking ages 3 to 11, 314 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Jan 2023
1.02 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
75% Full
60.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.02 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 1.02 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Hatton Hill Primary School: 1.02 miles, 2025/26 King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes: 1.67 miles, 2025/26, published by Sefton

This is not a catchment area. 1.02 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Hatton Hill Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Sefton. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Sefton, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Hatton Hill Primary School and King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes admitted from 1.67 miles in 2025/26, published by Sefton. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is L21 at £155,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Hatton Hill Primary SchoolFrom King's Leadership Academy HawthornesMedian sold price
L21 Sefton 0.6 mi 0.9 mi £155,000 83 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Sefton, 44 of 124 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (35.5%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Hatton Hill Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Litherland High School Both in reach Secondary 0.44 mi 2025/26 0.6 mi
Chesterfield High School Both in reach Secondary 1.38 mi 2025/26 0.8 mi
Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School Both in reach Primary 1.11 mi 2025/26 0.8 mi
Netherton Moss Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.49 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes Both in reach Secondary 1.67 mi 2025/26 1.3 mi
Aintree Davenhill Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.61 mi 2025/26 2.4 mi

The distance as a picture

Hatton Hill Primary School catchment area map: the 1.02 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 314 pupils in 420 places (75% full)
Local authoritySefton

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 12 January 2023
Meeting the expected standard 60.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 60.0%
2023/24 59.0%
2022/23 58.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Hatton Hill Primary School

Girls and boys45.2% girls, 54.8% boys
English as an additional language5.1% of pupils
Free school meals44.6% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Hatton Hill Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 1.02 miles: L21, median £155,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
L21 Sefton 0.6 mi £155,000 83 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.02 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Hatton Hill Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Kirkstone Road West, 0.2 mi away, with 7.5 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:01, last 00:16 after midnight.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Alwyn Avenue168 yd0.91.01.0144
Kirkstone Road West172 yd0.91.01.0144
Farm View0.1 mi0.91.01.0144

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Hatton Hill Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around L21: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at L21 9NZ, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Hatton Hill Primary School?

Hatton Hill Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.02 miles away, per Sefton.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Hatton Hill Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.02 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Hatton Hill Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Sefton school's distance

All Sefton schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

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