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

Sefton has 104 state schools: 74 primary, 18 secondary, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 38,983 pupils. 86 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.3 out of 10, and 3 score 8 or above.

17 have a sixth form. 55 take children from age three or under. 46 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Sefton covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Bootle 18 schools Southport 31 schools
Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School Southport · Outstanding Aintree Davenhill Primary School Liverpool · Good All Saints Catholic Primary School Bootle · Good Arden College · Good Bedford Primary School Liverpool · Good Birkdale High School Southport · Good Birkdale Primary School Southport · Good Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School Southport · Good Cambridge Nursery School Liverpool · Good Chesterfield High School Liverpool · Good Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School Bootle · Good Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Southport · Good Churchtown Primary School Southport · Good Crosby High School Liverpool · Not judged Crossens Nursery School Southport · Good Deyes High School Liverpool · Not judged English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good Farnborough Road Infant School Southport · Good Farnborough Road Junior School Southport · Good Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School Liverpool · Good Forefield Junior School Liverpool · Good Formby High School Liverpool · Good Freshfield Primary School Liverpool · Outstanding Great Crosby Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good Green Park Primary School Liverpool · Good Greenacre Community Nursery School Bootle · Good Greenbank High School Southport · Good Hatton Hill Primary School Liverpool · Good Hillside High School Bootle · Good Holy Family Catholic High School Liverpool · Good Holy Family Catholic Primary School Southport · Good Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Not judged Holy Spirit Catholic Academy Bootle · Not judged Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport Southport · Good Hudson Primary School Liverpool · Good Hugh Baird College Bootle · Outstanding Kew Woods Primary School Southport · Good King's Lander Primary Academy Liverpool · Good King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes Bootle · Good Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre Southport · Good Larkfield Primary School Southport · Good Linacre Primary School Bootle · Requires improvement Linaker Primary School Southport · Requires improvement Litherland High School Liverpool · Good Litherland Moss Primary School Liverpool · Good Lydiate Primary School Liverpool · Good Maghull High School Liverpool · Good Maricourt Catholic High School Liverpool · Good Marshside Primary School Southport · Good Melling Primary School Liverpool · Good Meols Cop High School Southport · Good Merchant Taylors' Schools Liverpool Merefield School Southport Netherton Moss Primary School Bootle · Not judged Newfield School Liverpool · Good Northway Primary School Liverpool · Good Norwood Primary School Southport · Good Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Select · Good Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Southport · Good Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School Bootle · Requires improvement Peterhouse School Southport · Requires improvement Presfield High School and Specialist College Southport · Good Range High School Liverpool · Good Redgate Community Primary School Liverpool · Good Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School Liverpool · Outstanding Rowan Park School Liverpool · Outstanding Sacred Heart Catholic Academy Liverpool · Not judged Shoreside Primary School Southport · Good Southport Education Group Southport · Requires improvement Springwell Park Community Primary School Bootle · Good St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull Liverpool · Good St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Bootle · Good St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St George's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Merseyside · Good St Jerome's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St John Bosco Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St John's Church of England Primary School Southport · Good St John's Church of England Primary School Liverpool · Good St Luke's Church of England Primary School Formby · Good St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School Liverpool · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St Michaels Church of England Academy Crosby · Inadequate St Monica's Catholic Primary School Bootle · Not judged St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Liverpool · Good St Oswald's Church of England Primary School Bootle · Good St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Southport · Good St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School Liverpool · Good St Philip's Church of England Primary School Southport · Good St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School Bootle · Outstanding St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate Liverpool · Outstanding St William of York Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good St. Mary's College Liverpool Stanley High School Southport · Not judged Summerhill Primary School Liverpool · Good The Grange Primary School Bootle · Good The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco Bootle · Inadequate Thomas Gray Primary School Bootle · Good Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School Liverpool · Outstanding Ursuline Catholic Primary School Liverpool · Good Valewood Primary School Liverpool · Good Waterloo Primary School Liverpool · Good Woodlands Primary School Liverpool · Good

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.

Lydiate Primary School Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.63 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Maricourt Catholic High School Good · ×0.66 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School Good · ×0.72 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School Outstanding · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Green Park Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St George's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Sefton

Primary schools: Catchment-area mechanism exists in policy framework, but explicitly applies to only 'a small number' of the 33 LA-run schools — most Sefton schools have no catchment at all. (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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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