Schools in Sefton
There are 102 state-funded and grammar schools in Sefton. 7 are rated Outstanding and 70 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Sefton
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- Starting Reception in September 2027: applications close on 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
All schools in Sefton, by town
Bootle
- All Saints Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L20 4LX
No rating on record - Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L20 3JL
Ofsted: Good - Greenacre Community Nursery School
Nursery - Reception · L20 6PJ
Ofsted: Good - Hillside High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · L20 9NU
Ofsted: Good - Holy Spirit Catholic Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · L30 2NR
Ofsted: Not judged - King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Year 7 - Year 11 · L20 6AQ
Ofsted: Good - Linacre Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L20 5ED
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Netherton Moss Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L30 3RU
Ofsted: Not judged - Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L30 3SA
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Springwell Park Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L20 6PG
Ofsted: Good - St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L30 7PG
Ofsted: Good - St Monica's Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L20 9EB
Ofsted: Not judged - St Oswald's Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L30 5RH
Ofsted: Good - St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L20 6ED
Ofsted: Outstanding - The Grange Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L30 0QS
Ofsted: Good - The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Year 7 - Year 11 · L30 2NA
Ofsted: Inadequate - Thomas Gray Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L20 4LX
Ofsted: Good
Crosby
- St Michaels Church of England Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · L23 7UL
Ofsted: Inadequate
Formby
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L37 2HW
Ofsted: Good
Liverpool
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L10 8LE
Ofsted: Good - Bedford Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L20 9LJ
No rating on record - Cambridge Nursery School
Nursery · L20 9LQ
Ofsted: Good - Chesterfield High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L23 9YB
Ofsted: Good - Crosby High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · L23 2TH
Ofsted: Not judged - Deyes High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L31 6DE
Ofsted: Not judged - English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 7LX
No rating on record - Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 2 · L23 9SL
Ofsted: Good - Forefield Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · L23 9TJ
Ofsted: Good - Formby High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L37 3HW
Ofsted: Good - Freshfield Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L37 3JT
Ofsted: Outstanding - Great Crosby Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L23 2RQ
Ofsted: Good - Green Park Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L31 8BW
No rating on record - Hatton Hill Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 9NZ
Ofsted: Good - Holy Family Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L23 4UL
No rating on record - Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L10 6NJ
Ofsted: Not judged - Hudson Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L31 5LE
Ofsted: Good - Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Reception - Year 6 · L23 1TY
Ofsted: Outstanding - King's Lander Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 8HY
Ofsted: Good - Litherland High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · L21 0DB
Ofsted: Good - Litherland Moss Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 0DB
Ofsted: Good - Lydiate Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L31 2JZ
Ofsted: Good - Maghull High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L31 7AW
Ofsted: Good - Maricourt Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L31 3DZ
Ofsted: Good - Melling Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L31 1DA
Ofsted: Good - Newfield School
Year 1 - Year 11 · L23 4TG
Ofsted: Good - Northway Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L31 9AA
Ofsted: Good - Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L37 8BZ
Ofsted: Good - Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 0EP
Ofsted: Good - Range High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · L37 2YN
Ofsted: Good - Redgate Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L37 4EW
Ofsted: Good - Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 1AD
Ofsted: Outstanding - Rowan Park School
L21 0DB
Ofsted: Outstanding - Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · L23 5TF
Ofsted: Not judged - St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull
Reception - Year 6 · L31 6DE
Ofsted: Good - St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L22 8QF
Ofsted: Good - St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 8JH
Ofsted: Good - St George's Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L31 5PD
Ofsted: Good - St Jerome's Catholic Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · L37 2LX
Ofsted: Good - St John Bosco Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L31 8BW
Ofsted: Good - St John's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L22 9RG
Ofsted: Good - St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L23 2TB
Ofsted: Good - St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · L23 4UA
Ofsted: Good - St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L23 6TS
Ofsted: Good - St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · L21 8NZ
Ofsted: Good - St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate
Nursery - Year 6 · L31 0BP
Ofsted: Outstanding - St William of York Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L23 9XH
Ofsted: Good - Summerhill Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L31 3DT
Ofsted: Good - Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L37 7EJ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Ursuline Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L23 6TT
Ofsted: Good - Valewood Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · L23 7YG
Ofsted: Good - Waterloo Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L22 0LD
Ofsted: Good - Waterside Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · L30 2QQ
Ofsted: Inadequate - Woodlands Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L37 2JN
No rating on record
Merseyside
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L31 2LB
No rating on record
Select
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · L21 3TE
Ofsted: Good
Southport
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · PR8 3JE
No rating on record - Birkdale High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · Boys only · PR8 3DT
No rating on record - Birkdale Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · PR8 4EL
Ofsted: Good - Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · PR9 7BZ
Ofsted: Good - Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Year 7 - Year 13 · PR8 4EX
Ofsted: Good - Churchtown Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · PR9 7NN
Ofsted: Good - Crossens Nursery School
Nursery - Reception · PR9 8PA
Ofsted: Good - Farnborough Road Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · PR8 3DF
Ofsted: Good - Farnborough Road Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · PR8 3DF
Ofsted: Good - Greenbank High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · Girls only · PR8 2LT
Ofsted: Good - Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · PR9 7DU
Ofsted: Good - Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport
Year 1 - Year 6 · PR9 9AZ
Ofsted: Good - Kew Woods Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · PR8 6JW
Ofsted: Good - Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre
Nursery - Year 6 · PR8 3RS
Ofsted: Good - Larkfield Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · PR9 8PA
Ofsted: Good - Linaker Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · PR8 5DB
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Marshside Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · PR9 9XA
Ofsted: Good - Meols Cop High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR8 6JS
Ofsted: Good - Merefield School
PR8 2QZ
No rating on record - Norwood Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · PR9 7DU
Ofsted: Good - Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · PR8 4LT
No rating on record - Ofsted: Good
- Shoreside Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · PR8 2QZ
Ofsted: Good - St John's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · PR9 8JH
Ofsted: Good - St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · PR9 9RR
Ofsted: Good - St Philip's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · PR8 6SS
Ofsted: Good - Stanley High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · PR9 9TF
Ofsted: Not judged