School Chooser

Primary schools in Sefton

There are 74 primary schools in Sefton, teaching 21,867 pupils. Of the 73 with a score, 20 do better than similar schools elsewhere in England and 31 do worse.

Best in EnglandSecondary schools in SeftonAll schools in SeftonPlaces within
Pupils from low-income families27%average across these schools
Doing better than similar schools20 of 73scored schools in the top two bands
New-style Ofsted report cards9inspected since November 2025
Good or outstanding (old grades)562 requires improvement or inadequate
Full or nearly full36 of 74schools with 98% or more of places taken
Average class size26.3one-teacher classes, January census
Free breakfast clubs9schools on the government programme
Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

Getting a place in Sefton

From Sefton council's allocation figures for 2025 entry: 66 primary schools, 18 of which filled on distance and 31 offered a place to everyone who applied. Every school's page has a postcode check.

Hardest to get into

The last place went to a child living this far away. The shorter the distance, the harder it is to get in.

  1. Freshfield Primary School 780 m
  2. Netherton Moss Primary School 790 m
  3. Valewood Primary School 0.7 miles
  4. The Grange Primary School 0.7 miles
  5. Northway Primary School 0.8 miles
  6. Melling Primary School 1.0 miles
  7. Hatton Hill Primary School 1.0 miles
  8. Forefield Junior School 1.1 miles
  9. St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull 1.2 miles
  10. Shoreside Primary School 1.3 miles
  11. Green Park Primary School 1.3 miles
  12. Aintree Davenhill Primary School 1.6 miles

Places to spare

Every applicant was offered a place.

Source: Sefton council (allocation statistics). Councils we hold this for.

Primary schools (74)

Ranked by score, highest first. The likely range shows how sure we can be. If two schools' ranges overlap, don't read it as one beating the other. Click a column heading to sort, or hover a row to find it on the map.

#SchoolPupilsLow incomeOfstedScoreLikely range
1St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Bootle23615%Outstanding 20249894 to 100
2St Thomas Church of England Primary School, LydiateAcademy · ages 3-11 · Liverpool2367%Outstanding 20249894 to 99
3Freshfield Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool2729%Outstanding 20249386 to 97
4Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Liverpool23210%Good 20198875 to 95
5Rimrose Hope CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 2-11 · Liverpool32555%Outstanding 20238775 to 94
6St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Merseyside2344%Report card 20258570 to 93
7Shoreside Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11 · Southport22816%Good 20238161 to 91
8Forefield Junior SchoolAcademy · ages 7-11 · Liverpool36217%Good 20218166 to 90
9St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 4-11 · Liverpool2126%Good 20248059 to 91
10Summerhill Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11 · Liverpool21513%Good 20237857 to 90
11St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 4-11 · Southport20720%Good 20237552 to 88
12Forefield Community Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy · ages 3-7 · Liverpool31810%Good 20237547 to 90
13Aintree Davenhill Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool44614%Good 20237255 to 84
14Litherland Moss Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Liverpool20852%Good 20237248 to 87
15Valewood Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11 · Liverpool2089%Good 20236938 to 88
16St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 3-11 · Liverpool23414%Good 20246844 to 85
17St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 5-11 · Liverpool10123%Good 20246824 to 92
18St John Bosco Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 4-11 · Liverpool2068%Good 20226641 to 83
19Melling Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11 · Liverpool21212%Good 20236641 to 83
20Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education CentreCouncil · ages 2-11 · Southport18139%Good 20246540 to 83
21St Andrews Church of England Primary School, MaghullAcademy · ages 4-11 · Liverpool21820%Good 20226342 to 79
22St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Bootle23118%Good 20236338 to 81
23Farnborough Road Infant SchoolCouncil · ages 2-7 · Southport4289%Good 20236032 to 82
24St Oswald's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 3-11 · Bootle22342%Good 20225832 to 79
25Northway Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool37012%Good 20235837 to 76
26Kew Woods Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Southport42625%Good 20235535 to 72
27Farnborough Road Junior SchoolCouncil · ages 7-11 · Southport46817%Good 20245438 to 69
28Larkfield Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11 · Southport25620%Good 20235431 to 75
29St George's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Liverpool2358%Good 20235429 to 76
30St William of York Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Liverpool23448%Good 20245228 to 74
31St Jerome's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 5-11 · Liverpool1956%Good 20235027 to 73
32English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Liverpool46717%Not inspected4928 to 70
33Woodlands Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool34911%Report card 20264828 to 68
34Green Park Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool2455%Not inspected4721 to 74
35St John's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 4-11 · Liverpool19121%Good 20234221 to 68
36Hudson Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool28221%Good 20234221 to 67
37Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, SouthportAcademy · ages 5-11 · Southport20723%Report card 20264220 to 67
38King's Lander Primary AcademyAcademy · ages 2-11 · Liverpool23449%Good 20233916 to 70
39St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Liverpool24621%Good 20233918 to 65
40Marshside Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11 · Southport20428%Good 20233718 to 63
41Churchtown Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11 · Southport66014%Good 20233623 to 52
42All Saints Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Bootle31247%Report card 20263519 to 56
43Hatton Hill Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool31446%Good 20223419 to 54
44St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Liverpool41350%Good 20233319 to 54
45St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 5-11 · Southport31915%Good 20243117 to 52
46Great Crosby Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Liverpool72510%Good 20233119 to 47
47St Monica's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Bootle44623%No overall grade 20253017 to 49
48Ursuline Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 4-11 · Liverpool4088%Good 20242816 to 48
49St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 4-11 · Formby36512%Good 20242816 to 46
50Norwood Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 5-11 · Southport62119%Good 20222515 to 40
51Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolCatholic · ages 4-11 · Southport18819%Good 20242412 to 47
52Holy Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Liverpool45011%No overall grade 20252414 to 41
53Lydiate Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Liverpool22417%Good 20242312 to 44
54Holy Spirit Catholic AcademyAcademy · ages 3-11 · Bootle15167%No overall grade 2024187 to 41
55Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11 · Southport44724%Not inspected188 to 39
56Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 2-11 · Bootle44051%Good 2023179 to 30
57Waterloo Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11 · Liverpool41633%Good 2022168 to 32
58Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Liverpool15359%Good 2022156 to 38
59Redgate Community Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11 · Liverpool25931%Good 2023157 to 30
60St John's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 4-11 · Southport15830%Report card 2026157 to 31
61Birkdale Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Southport43023%Good 2024127 to 22
62Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 2-11 · Southport19446%Good 2023115 to 25
63Netherton Moss Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Bootle22359%No overall grade 2025115 to 24
64Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Select20871%Good 2024105 to 21
65Springwell Park Community Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11 · Bootle44047%Good 202495 to 17
66Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11 · Southport19015%Report card 202694 to 21
67St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 5-11 · Liverpool19725%Report card 202673 to 15
68Thomas Gray Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11 · Bootle31869%Good 202273 to 16
69The Grange Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Bootle28850%Good 202331 to 6
70Bedford Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11 · Liverpool39353%Report card 202621 to 3
71Linacre Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Bootle13465%Report card 202611 to 2
72Our Lady of Walsingham Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Bootle20449%Requires improvement 202210 to 2
73Linaker Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Southport35936%Requires improvement 202300 to 1
Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Liverpool2386%Outstanding 2024–

Primary schools by town in Sefton

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About this list

Schools are listed by their School Chooser Score, highest first. Schools without a score (independent schools and those with too little published data) come after, in alphabetical order. The score compares each school with schools that have a similar mix of pupils, not just with each other, so a school with a lower score in a wealthier area may still have better exam results. How the score works.