# Schools in Knowsley

55 schools with published admissions figures

"1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate and it does not say whether a child would be offered a place. A dash means the figure is not held.

## How the 2026 round went

Counts families, not schools. The table below cannot be added up into these figures, because a child naming three schools appears in three of its rows.

### Primary

For September 2026, 86.6% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 96.3% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.8 points lower than in 2016, when it was 89.5%.

The council's primary schools between them had 2,085 places for 1,953 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.


### Secondary

For September 2026, 78.1% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 93.5% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 4.2 points lower than in 2016, when it was 82.2%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 1,290 places for 1,828 applications, which is 538 fewer places than applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.


## If a family is refused a place

In 2026, families in Knowsley lodged 181 appeals about a school place.

155 of them were heard by a panel and 19 succeeded, which is about 12 in every 100 heard.

The other 26 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.

This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

## Schools here running specialist SEN provision

1 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

| School | Phase | What it runs |
|---|---|---|
| [Yew Tree Primary Academy, Knowsley](/school/146115/yew-tree-primary-academy) | primary | Resourced provision |

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

## Primary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [Blacklow Brow School (Liverpool)](/school/144355/blacklow-brow-school) | 1.52 | Strong standard |
| [Cronton Church of England Primary Academy (Widnes)](/school/143456/cronton-church-of-england-primary-academy) | 0.89 | Outstanding |
| [Eastcroft Park School (Liverpool)](/school/104447/eastcroft-park-school) | 0.93 | Expected standard |
| [Evelyn Community Primary School (Prescot)](/school/104446/evelyn-community-primary-school) | 0.79 | School remains Good |
| [Halewood Church of England Primary Academy (Liverpool)](/school/143457/halewood-church-of-england-primary-academy) | 1.67 | Good |
| [Halsnead Primary School (Prescot)](/school/144105/halsnead-primary-school) | 0.96 | Good |
| [Holy Family Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104468/holy-family-catholic-primary-school) | 1.25 | School remains Good |
| [Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery (Widnes)](/school/104454/holy-family-catholic-primary-school-nursery) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School (Knowsley)](/school/135796/hope-primary-school-a-joint-catholic-and-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.96 | Not judged |
| [Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/145435/huyton-with-roby-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.55 | Expected standard |
| [Kirkby CofE Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104448/kirkby-cofe-primary-school) | 1.20 | Good |
| [Knowsley Lane Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/141205/knowsley-lane-primary-school) | 1.00 | Expected standard |
| [Knowsley Village School (Prescot)](/school/104423/knowsley-village-school) | 0.90 | Not judged |
| [Malvern Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104427/malvern-primary-school) | 1.90 | Not judged |
| [Millbrook Community Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104432/millbrook-community-primary-school) | 1.04 | Not judged |
| [Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) (Kirkby)](/school/135807/northwood-community-primary-school-with-designated-special-provision) | 0.91 | Standards maintained |
| [Our Lady's Catholic Primary School (Prescot)](/school/104459/our-lady-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.40 | School remains Good |
| [Park Brow Community Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104429/park-brow-community-primary-school) | 0.93 | Needs attention |
| [Park View Academy (Liverpool)](/school/142552/park-view-academy) | 0.64 | Good |
| [Plantation Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/149817/plantation-primary-school) | 0.74 | Expected standard |
| [Prescot Primary School (Prescot)](/school/151259/prescot-primary-school) | 0.80 | Good |
| [Ravenscroft Community Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104444/ravenscroft-community-primary-school) | 0.90 | Not judged |
| [Roby Park Primary School (Knowsley)](/school/104420/roby-park-primary-school) | 1.60 | Standards maintained |
| [Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104479/saints-peter-and-paul-catholic-primary-school) | 0.85 | Not judged |
| [St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104463/st-aidan-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.81 | Expected standard |
| [St Albert's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104467/st-albert-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.95 | Expected standard |
| [St Aloysius Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/131332/st-aloysius-catholic-primary-school) | 0.86 | Not judged |
| [St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104470/st-andrew-the-apostle-catholic-primary-school) | 1.18 | Not judged |
| [St Anne's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104477/st-anne-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.02 | Expected standard |
| [St Brigid's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104474/st-brigid-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.22 | Not judged |
| [St Columba's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104480/st-columba-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.03 | Not judged |
| [St Gabriel's CofE Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/147253/st-gabriel-s-cofe-primary-school) | 0.85 | Good |
| [St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (Prescot)](/school/104476/st-john-fisher-catholic-primary-school) | 0.93 | Not judged |
| [St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/131836/st-joseph-the-worker-catholic-primary-school) | 1.17 | Good |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104472/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.27 | Outstanding |
| [St Laurence's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104461/st-laurence-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.92 | Standards maintained |
| [St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community (Prescot)](/school/104475/st-leo-s-and-southmead-catholic-primary-school-serving-the-community) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [St Luke's Catholic Primary School (Prescot)](/school/104460/st-luke-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.86 | Expected standard |
| [St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School (Liverpool)](/school/104481/st-margaret-mary-s-catholic-infant-school) | 0.75 | Standards maintained |
| [St Marie's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104466/st-marie-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.95 | Not judged |
| [St Mark's Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104469/st-mark-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.82 | Not judged |
| [St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School (Prescot)](/school/104453/st-mary-and-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104464/st-michael-and-all-angels-catholic-primary-school) | 0.82 | Needs attention |
| [Stockbridge Village Primary School (Stockbridge Village)](/school/136222/stockbridge-village-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Sylvester Primary Academy (Liverpool)](/school/143878/sylvester-primary-academy) | 1.30 | Standards maintained |
| [Westvale Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/104431/westvale-primary-school) | 0.74 | Needs attention |
| [Whiston Willis Primary Academy (Prescot)](/school/145613/whiston-willis-primary-academy) | 0.92 | Outstanding |
| [Willow Tree Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/146848/willow-tree-primary-school) | 0.71 | Good |
| [Yew Tree Primary Academy (Knowsley)](/school/146115/yew-tree-primary-academy) | 0.83 | Good |

## Secondary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [All Saints Catholic High School (Knowsley)](/school/135479/all-saints-catholic-high-school) | 1.34 | Good |
| [Halewood Academy (Knowsley)](/school/139614/halewood-academy) | 1.08 | Expected standard |
| [Kirkby High School (Liverpool)](/school/140001/kirkby-high-school) | 0.81 | Good |
| [Lord Derby Academy (Liverpool)](/school/140412/lord-derby-academy) | 1.31 | Good |
| [Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy (Prescot)](/school/148534/saint-edmund-arrowsmith-catholic-academy) | 0.38 | Requires improvement |
| [The Prescot School (Liverpool)](/school/142798/the-prescot-school) | 0.65 | Requires improvement |

Full page: /schools/knowsley
Figures from the Department for Education, Ofsted and local authorities; each school's own page lists its sources and dates.