Sefton schools and admissions data

Sefton Borough Council has 84 primary schools and 33 secondary schools. 7% of Sefton's schools are private schools. 33 state schools in Sefton follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 68 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Sefton

  1. Outstanding 9
  2. Good 65
  3. Requires Improvement 8
  4. Inadequate 3

Most popular state schools
in Sefton in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bootle

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Melling Primary School

    Community school • Melling, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Summerhill Primary School

    Community school • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Freshfield Primary School

    Community school • Formby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    St William of York Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Crosby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Netherton, Bootle

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Green Park Primary School

    Community school • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Northway Primary School

    Community school • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Monica's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bootle

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull

    Academy converter • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    St Philip's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Southport

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Formby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    St John Bosco Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    St Nicholas Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Blundellsands, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    Ursuline Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St George's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Aintree, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Seaforth, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Litherland, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Churchtown, Southport

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    Holy Family Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Thornton, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    St Michael's Church of England High School

    Academy sponsor led • Crosby

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  3. 3

    Formby High School

    Academy converter • Formby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Greenbank High School

    Academy converter • Southport

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Maghull High School

    Academy converter • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Birkdale High School

    Academy converter • Birkdale, Southport

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Stanley High School

    Academy sponsor led • Southport

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Litherland High School

    Academy sponsor led • Litherland, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Chesterfield High School

    Academy converter • Crosby, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Deyes High School

    Academy converter • Maghull, Liverpool

    Ofsted: Good

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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