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Best primary schools in Sefton

69 of 74 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Sefton 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 St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School Bootle 90.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate Liverpool 86.0% Outstanding about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 82.0% Good declining undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre Southport 81.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Litherland Moss Primary School Liverpool 80.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 St Philip's Church of England Primary School Southport 80.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Kew Woods Primary School Southport 79.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Shoreside Primary School Southport 79.0% Good oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Merseyside 79.0% Good oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 St Oswald's Church of England Primary School Bootle 77.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Forefield Junior School Liverpool 76.0% Good — approximate
12 Summerhill Primary School Liverpool 76.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Aintree Davenhill Primary School Liverpool 73.0% Good oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School Liverpool 73.0% Outstanding improving about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Northway Primary School Liverpool 72.0% Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Valewood Primary School Liverpool 70.0% Good oversubscribed 2.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Freshfield Primary School Liverpool 69.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 69.0% Good declining undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 69.0% Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Farnborough Road Junior School Southport 68.0% Good — approximate
21 St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Liverpool 68.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Redgate Community Primary School Liverpool 65.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Bootle hidden gem 64.0% Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull Liverpool 63.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School Liverpool 63.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 St John Bosco Catholic Primary School Liverpool 63.0% Good declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 St John's Church of England Primary School Liverpool 63.0% Good undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Liverpool 62.0% Good declining about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 St John's Church of England Primary School Southport 62.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Woodlands Primary School Liverpool 62.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport Southport 61.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Southport 61.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Hatton Hill Primary School Liverpool 60.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 King's Lander Primary Academy Liverpool 60.0% Good oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Hudson Primary School Liverpool 59.0% Good improving about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Melling Primary School Liverpool 59.0% Good oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Southport 58.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 St William of York Catholic Primary School Liverpool 57.0% Good about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Larkfield Primary School Southport 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 Marshside Primary School Southport 56.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 St George's Catholic Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 56.0% Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 St Jerome's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 56.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Ursuline Catholic Primary School Liverpool 56.0% Good about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
44 Churchtown Primary School Southport 55.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
45 Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School Liverpool 55.0% Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
46 Norwood Primary School Southport 55.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Great Crosby Catholic Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 53.0% Good declining undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
48 Netherton Moss Primary School Bootle 53.0% Not judged improving about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
49 St Monica's Catholic Primary School Bootle 53.0% Not judged about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
50 Waterloo Primary School Liverpool 53.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
51 All Saints Catholic Primary School Bootle 52.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
52 Green Park Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 52.0% Good undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
53 St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School Liverpool 52.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
54 St Luke's Church of England Primary School Formby 49.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
55 Holy Spirit Catholic Academy Bootle 48.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
56 Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School Southport hidden gem 47.0% Outstanding undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
57 Lydiate Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 47.0% Good undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
58 Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Select 44.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
59 Holy Family Catholic Primary School Southport 43.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
60 Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School Southport 42.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
61 St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School Liverpool hidden gem 41.0% Good undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
62 Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School Bootle 39.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
63 Bedford Primary School Liverpool 38.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
64 Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School Bootle 32.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
65 Birkdale Primary School Southport 30.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
66 Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School Liverpool 29.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
67 Springwell Park Community Primary School Bootle 29.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
68 The Grange Primary School Bootle 28.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
69 Linacre Primary School Bootle 17.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Sefton

5 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 Sefton, not a fairer one.

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