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Best primary schools in Knowsley

48 of 50 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Knowsley schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Blacklow Brow School Liverpool 86.0% Good oversubscribed 1.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Halewood Church of England Primary Academy Liverpool 83.0% Good oversubscribed 1.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 83.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Malvern Primary School Liverpool 80.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Evelyn Community Primary School Prescot hidden gem 79.0% Good declining undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 St Aloysius Catholic Primary School Liverpool 78.0% Not judged declining about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School Liverpool 76.0% Good — approximate
8 St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community Prescot 74.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 St Gabriel's CofE Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 71.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Holy Family Catholic Primary School Liverpool 70.0% Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery Widnes 68.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 St Luke's Catholic Primary School Prescot 68.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 67.0% Good undersubscribed 0.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 St Mark's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 67.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Halsnead Primary School Prescot 66.0% Good improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Park View Academy Liverpool hidden gem 66.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 St Brigid's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 66.0% Not judged declining oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Widnes 65.0% Outstanding about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School Knowsley 64.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Knowsley Lane Primary School Liverpool 64.0% Outstanding about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Roby Park Primary School Knowsley 64.0% Good oversubscribed 1.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Whiston Willis Primary Academy Prescot 63.0% Outstanding about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Kirkby CofE Primary School Liverpool 62.0% Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Liverpool 59.0% Not judged about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School Liverpool 59.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Sylvester Primary Academy Liverpool 58.0% Good oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Westvale Primary School Liverpool 58.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Plantation Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 57.0% Good undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 St Albert's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 57.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Eastcroft Park School Liverpool 56.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Millbrook Community Primary School Liverpool 56.0% Not judged about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Prescot 56.0% Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 St Laurence's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 56.0% Good declining about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Willow Tree Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 56.0% Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Prescot 54.0% Good oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 St Marie's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 54.0% Not judged about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School Liverpool 53.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Park Brow Community Primary School Liverpool 52.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 St Columba's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 52.0% Not judged about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) Kirkby 51.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Liverpool 51.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 48.0% Good undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 St Anne's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 47.0% Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
44 St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School Prescot 47.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
45 Knowsley Village School Prescot 43.0% Not judged improving about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
46 Stockbridge Village Primary School Stockbridge Village 36.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Ravenscroft Community Primary School Liverpool 32.0% Not judged about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
48 Yew Tree Primary Academy Knowsley hidden gem 29.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Knowsley

2 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Knowsley, not a fairer one.

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