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Best primary schools in Liverpool

105 of 117 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Liverpool 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.

85 of 117 rated Good or Outstanding
13 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 60.0% (best 86.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Garston Church of England Primary School Liverpool	86.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	Woolton Primary School Liverpool	84.0%	Good	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Liverpool	83.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
4	Sudley Primary School Liverpool	83.0%	—	undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
5	Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	82.0%	Good	oversubscribed 2.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	Four Oaks Community Primary School Liverpool	81.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
7	Whitefield Primary School Liverpool	79.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
8	Barlows Primary School Liverpool	78.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
9	Christ The King Catholic Primary School Liverpool	77.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School Liverpool	77.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
11	Ranworth Square Primary School Liverpool	77.0%	Good improving	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School Liverpool	77.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	77.0%	Good declining	about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
14	Heygreen Primary School Liverpool	76.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
15	Booker Avenue Junior School Liverpool	75.0%	Good	—	approximate
16	Mosspits Lane Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	75.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	Gilmour Primary School Liverpool	74.0%	—	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	Wellesbourne Community Primary School Liverpool	73.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School Liverpool	72.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
20	Much Woolton Catholic Primary School Liverpool	72.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
21	Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	72.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
22	St Ambrose Catholic Academy Liverpool	72.0%	Not judged	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	Croxteth Community Primary School Liverpool	71.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
24	Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School LIVERPOOL	71.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School Liverpool	71.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	Longmoor Community Primary School Liverpool	70.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
27	Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School Liverpool	69.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
28	Belle Vale Community Primary School Liverpool	69.0%	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	Broad Square Community Primary School Liverpool	69.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
30	Middlefield Community Primary School Liverpool	69.0%	Good improving	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School Liverpool	69.0%	Good improving	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
32	St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School Liverpool	69.0%	Good declining	about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Holy Name Catholic Primary School Liverpool	68.0%	Good	about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
34	Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton Liverpool	67.0%	Good	about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
35	St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School Liverpool	67.0%	Outstanding	—	approximate
36	St John's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	67.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
37	Broadgreen Primary Liverpool	66.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Dovedale Community Primary School Liverpool	66.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
39	King David Primary School Liverpool	66.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery Liverpool	66.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School Liverpool	66.0%	Good declining	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
42	St Austin's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	65.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
43	Florence Melly Community Primary School Liverpool	64.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
44	Pleasant Street Primary School Liverpool	64.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
45	St Anne's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	64.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
46	St Cleopas' Church of England Primary Academy Liverpool hidden gem	63.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
47	St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Liverpool	63.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
48	Banks Road Primary School Liverpool	62.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
49	Holy Family Catholic Primary School Liverpool	62.0%	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
50	St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	61.0%	—	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
51	Kingsley Community School Liverpool	60.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
52	Knotty Ash Primary School Liverpool	60.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.44 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
53	St Christopher's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	60.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	St Oswald's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	60.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
55	Matthew Arnold Primary School Liverpool	59.0%	Good declining	oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
56	Fazakerley Primary School Liverpool	58.0%	Not judged	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
57	St Michael's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	58.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
58	The Beacon Church of England Primary School Liverpool	58.0%	Not judged	about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
59	Greenbank Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	57.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
60	Lister Junior School Liverpool	57.0%	Good	—	approximate
61	Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School Liverpool	57.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
62	Roscoe Primary School Liverpool	57.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
63	St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby Liverpool	57.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
64	St Matthew's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	57.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
65	Stockton Wood Community Primary School Liverpool	57.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
66	Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School Liverpool	56.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
67	Leamington Community Primary School Liverpool	56.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
68	New Park Primary School Liverpool	56.0%	Not judged	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
69	St Silas Church of England Primary School Liverpool	56.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.31 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
70	Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	55.0%	Good	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
71	Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School Merseyside	55.0%	Good improving	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
72	St Finbar's Catholic Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	54.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
73	St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary Academy Liverpool	54.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
74	Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery Liverpool	53.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
75	Springwood Heath Primary School Liverpool	53.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
76	St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	53.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
77	Childwall Valley Primary School Liverpool	52.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
78	Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Liverpool	52.0%	Good declining	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
79	Hunts Cross Primary School Liverpool	50.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
80	Smithdown Primary School Liverpool	50.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
81	Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School Liverpool	48.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
82	Monksdown Primary School Liverpool	47.0%	Good declining	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
83	St Paul's Catholic Junior School Liverpool	46.0%	Good	—	approximate
84	Blueberry Park Liverpool hidden gem	45.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
85	Northcote Primary School Liverpool	45.0%	Good improving	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
86	St Nicholas Catholic Academy Liverpool	45.0%	Not judged	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
87	All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Liverpool	43.0%	Not judged improving	oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
88	Blackmoor Park Junior School Liverpool	43.0%	Good	—	approximate
89	Faith Primary Academy Liverpool	43.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
90	St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	40.0%	Good	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
91	St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School Liverpool	40.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
92	Windsor Community Primary School Liverpool	39.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
93	Lawrence Community Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	38.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
94	Rudston Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	35.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
95	Kensington Primary School Liverpool	34.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
96	St Clare's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	33.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
97	Wavertree Church of England School Liverpool	33.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
98	Anfield Road Primary School Liverpool	29.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
99	Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School Liverpool	29.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
100	Dovecot Primary School Liverpool	25.0%	Requires improvement declining	undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
101	The Trinity Catholic Academy Liverpool	25.0%	Not judged	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
102	Corinthian Community Primary School Liverpool	22.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
103	St Hugh's Catholic Primary School Liverpool	19.0%	Not judged declining	undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
104	Norman Pannell Primary School Liverpool	12.0%	Good improving	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
105	Phoenix Primary School Liverpool hidden gem	9.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Liverpool

12 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 Liverpool, not a fairer one.

Blackmoor Park Infants' School Ofsted: Requires improvement
Booker Avenue Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
Carleton House Preparatory School
Childwall Church of England Primary School Ofsted: Good
King's Northway Primary Academy Ofsted: Requires improvement
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School
Lister Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Good
Pinehurst Primary School Ofsted: Good
St Charles' Catholic Academy Ofsted: Good
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Not judged
St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School Ofsted: Good
The Belvedere Preparatory School

Applying in Liverpool

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Test date phase2 2026-09-19 · 2027 entry Blue Coat School Phase 2 test (successful Phase 1 candidates only)
Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Common Application Form deadline
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry National Offer Day
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.

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