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Schools in Knowsley

61 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools

Knowsley has 61 state schools: 50 primary, 6 secondary. Between them they teach around 21,628 pupils. 54 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.0 out of 10, and 2 score 8 or above.

4 have a sixth form. 48 take children from age three or under. 31 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better

31

of 33 rated

Average score

4.0

out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Park View Academy Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Willow Tree Primary School Good · ×0.71 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Evelyn Community Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Prescot Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kirkby High School Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Yew Tree Primary Academy Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Gabriel's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Outstanding · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Knowsley

Primary schools: Published LA default hierarchy (LAC, siblings, staff, then distance) has no catchment-area step; catchment/faith criteria only apply at specific schools via a supplementary form. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Activate Kirby All Saints Catholic High School Knowsley · Good Alt Bridge School Liverpool · Good Blacklow Brow School Liverpool Bluebell Park School Liverpool · Good Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Widnes · Outstanding Eastcroft Park School Liverpool Evelyn Community Primary School Prescot · Good Finch Woods Academy Liverpool Halewood Academy Knowsley Halewood Church of England Primary Academy Liverpool · Good Halsnead Primary School Prescot · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery Widnes · Good Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School Knowsley · Not judged Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School Liverpool Kirkby CofE Primary School Liverpool · Good Kirkby High School Liverpool · Good Knowsley Central School Liverpool · Outstanding Knowsley Lane Primary School Liverpool Knowsley Village School Prescot · Not judged Lord Derby Academy Liverpool · Good Malvern Primary School Liverpool · Not judged Millbrook Community Primary School Liverpool · Not judged Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) Kirkby · Good Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Prescot · Good Park Brow Community Primary School Liverpool Park View Academy Liverpool · Good Plantation Primary School Liverpool Prescot Primary School Prescot · Good Ravenscroft Community Primary School Liverpool · Not judged Roby Park Primary School Knowsley · Good Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy Prescot · Requires improvement Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Liverpool St Albert's Catholic Primary School Liverpool St Aloysius Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged St Anne's Catholic Primary School Liverpool St Brigid's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged St Columba's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged St Gabriel's CofE Primary School Liverpool · Good St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Prescot · Not judged St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Outstanding St Laurence's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community Prescot · Good St Luke's Catholic Primary School Prescot St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School Liverpool · Good St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School Liverpool · Good St Marie's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged St Mark's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School Prescot · Good St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Liverpool Stockbridge Village Primary School Stockbridge Village · Good Sylvester Primary Academy Liverpool · Good The Prescot School Liverpool · Requires improvement Westvale Primary School Liverpool Whiston Willis Primary Academy Prescot · Outstanding Willow Tree Primary School Liverpool · Good Yew Tree Primary Academy Knowsley · Good

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Prescot 18 schools Widnes 31 schools

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	31 October 2027
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	15 January 2028
Sept 2028	Offer day	1 March 2028
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	17 April 2028
Sept 2027	Application deadline	31 October 2026
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	15 January 2027
Sept 2027	Offer day	1 March 2027
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	16 April 2027
Sept 2026	Application deadline	31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	16 April 2026 (passed)

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