Sefton schools and admissions data

Sefton Borough Council has 85 primary schools and 31 secondary schools. 4% of Sefton's schools are private schools. 45 state schools in Sefton follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 57 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Sefton

  1. Outstanding 15
  2. Good 70
  3. Requires Improvement 10
  4. Inadequate 2

Most popular state schools
in Sefton in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Marshside Primary School

    Community school • Marshside, Southport

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  2. 2

    Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Formby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Linacre Primary School

    Community school • Bootle

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  4. 4

    Merefield School

    Community special school • Southport

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Lydiate Primary School

    Community school • Lydiate, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bootle

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  7. 7

    St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Crosby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Thomas Gray Primary School

    Community school • Bootle

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Waterworks Street, Bootle

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Valewood Primary School

    Community school • Crosby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Lander Road Primary School

    Community school • Litherland, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Teresa's Catholic Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school • Birkdale, Southport

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    The Grange Primary School

    Community school • Sefton, Bootle

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Waterloo, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    St John's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Waterloo, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Redgate Community Primary School

    Community school • Formby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Shoreside Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Southport

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  18. 18

    St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Crosby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Norwood Primary School

    Community school • Southport

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Litherland, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Arden College

    Special post 16 institution • Southport

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    St Michael's Church of England High School

    Academy sponsor led • Crosby

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Hillside High School

    Academy sponsor led • Bootle

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    Litherland High School

    Academy sponsor led • Litherland, Liverpool

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Stanley High School

    Academy sponsor led • Southport

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

    Voluntary aided school • Southport

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes

    Free schools • Bootle

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Holy Family Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Thornton, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Deyes High School

    Academy converter • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Savio Salesian College

    Voluntary aided school • Bootle

    Ofsted: Inadequate

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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