School admissions in Liverpool

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

178 schools. 51 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Liverpool CollegeLiverpool	2.90	88	not published
Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	2.17	59	not published
Valewood Primary SchoolLiverpool	2.04	27	0.43 miles 2026
Malvern Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.90	59	0.306 miles 2026
Freshfield Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.70	30	0.636 miles 2026
Halewood Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool	1.67	30	0.275 miles 2026
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool	1.60	30	not published
Melling Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.53	30	0.996 miles 2025
Blacklow Brow SchoolLiverpool	1.52	29	0.387 miles 2026
Knotty Ash Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.44	27	not published
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.40	58	not published
King's Lander Primary AcademyLiverpool	1.33	30	0.159 miles 2026
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West DerbyLiverpool	1.33	30	not published
St Silas Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.31	45	not published
Smithdown Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.30	60	not published
Sylvester Primary AcademyLiverpool	1.30	30	0.328 miles 2026
Aintree Davenhill Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.28	60	0.744 miles 2026
Matthew Arnold Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.27	30	not published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.27	30	0.144 miles 2024
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.26	58	not published
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.25	44	not published
St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.22	27	0.343 miles 2026
Northway Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.20	44	0.663 miles 2026
Forefield Community Infant and Nursery SchoolLiverpool	1.20	90	0.822 miles 2026
Heygreen Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.20	30	not published
Kirkby CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.20	40	0.699 miles 2026
Whitefield Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.19	43	not published
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.18	60	not published
St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.18	28	not published
Florence Melly Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.17	58	not published
Hatton Hill Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.17	29	0.906 miles 2026
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.17	29	0.125 miles 2024
Hudson Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.14	28	0.509 miles 2026
St William of York Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.13	30	not published
Summerhill Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.10	30	2.087 miles 2026
Holy Name Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.09	44	not published
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary SchoolLIVERPOOL	1.08	59	not published
St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.08	60	not published
Ursuline Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.08	60	not published
Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.07	30	not published
Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.07	30	not published
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.05	20	not published
Millbrook Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.04	45	0.826 miles 2026
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.04	28	not published
Childwall Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.03	60	not published
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.03	60	not published
St Andrews Church of England Primary School, MaghullLiverpool	1.03	30	3.013 miles 2026
St Columba's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.03	30	0.459 miles 2026
St Thomas Church of England Primary School, LydiateLiverpool	1.03	30	not published
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.02	45	0.294 miles 2021
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, WooltonLiverpool	1.02	60	not published
Faith Primary AcademyLiverpool	1.00	20	not published
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.00	16	not published
Knowsley Lane Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.00	60	0.94 miles 2026
St Jerome's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.00	28	not published
St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.00	30	not published
St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary AcademyLiverpool	1.00	34	not published
Wavertree Church of England SchoolLiverpool	1.00	8	not published
Wellesbourne Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.00	23	not published
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	60	not published
Holy Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	58	not published
King David Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	58	not published
St John's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	56	not published
St Michael's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	46	not published
Woodlands Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	45	1.174 miles 2026
Broad Square Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	40	not published
Dovedale Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	120	not published
St Christopher's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	37	not published
Four Oaks Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	36	not published
Pleasant Street Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	30	not published
Garston Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	29	not published
Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	29	4502.22 m (≈2.80 mi) 2026
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	29	not published
Fazakerley Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	57	not published
Middlefield Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	27	not published
Bedford Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	52	1.519 miles 2023
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	52	not published
The Trinity Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.96	26	not published
Leamington Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	47	not published
Stockton Wood Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	46	not published
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.95	22	not published
St Albert's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.95	22	not published
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.95	60	not published
Roscoe Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.95	20	not published
St Marie's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.95	20	0.21 miles 2025
Kensington Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.94	54	not published
Rice Lane Primary School and NurseryLiverpool	0.94	62	not published
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.93	45	not published
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.93	15	not published
St Nicholas Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.93	15	not published
Eastcroft Park SchoolLiverpool	0.93	29	0.257 miles 2025
Park Brow Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.93	43	not published
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.93	14	not published
St John Bosco Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.93	28	not published
St Laurence's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.92	60	1.152 miles 2026
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery SchoolLiverpool	0.92	83	not published
St Matthew's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.92	59	not published
St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	35	not published
Childwall Valley Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	23	not published
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	34	not published
Hunts Cross Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	45	not published
Rimrose Hope CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	44	1.916 miles 2025
St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	55	not published
Longmoor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	54	not published
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	32	not published
Gilmour Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	73	not published
New Park Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	51	not published
St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	71	not published
Broadgreen PrimaryLiverpool	0.90	30	not published
Croxteth Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	30	not published
Litherland Moss Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	30	not published
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolLiverpool	0.90	20	not published
Monksdown Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	87	not published
Ravenscroft Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	29	0.552 miles 2026
Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery SchoolLiverpool	0.90	48	not published
Northcote Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.89	55	not published
King's Northway Primary AcademyLiverpool	0.89	18	not published
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.89	36	not published
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.89	45	not published
St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.88	120	not published
Netherley Park Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	17	not published
St Ambrose Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.88	17	not published
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	25	not published
St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	25	not published
Anfield Road Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	74	not published
Woolton Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	90	not published
Waterloo Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	56	not published
Ranworth Square Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.87	30	not published
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.87	30	not published
St Aloysius Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.86	42	not published
The Beacon Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.85	41	not published
St Gabriel's CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.85	27	0.92 miles 2020
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.85	40	not published
Belle Vale Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.84	31	not published
Springwood Heath Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.83	18	not published
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.83	30	not published
Redgate Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.83	29	1.059 miles 2024
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.82	40	0.584 miles 2020
St Mark's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.82	28	0.142 miles 2020
Much Woolton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.82	55	not published
Banks Road Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	16	not published
St Charles' Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.81	16	not published
Great Crosby Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	90	not published
Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	21	not published
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	26	not published
St Aidan's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	26	not published
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	26	not published
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.80	15	not published
Kingsley Community SchoolLiverpool	0.80	59	not published
Mosspits Lane Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.79	43	not published
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool	0.79	19	not published
St George's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.79	28	not published
Sudley Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.78	120	not published
Rudston Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.78	55	not published
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.77	57	not published
Green Park Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.77	30	1.343 miles 2025
Barlows Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.77	47	not published
Lawrence Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.76	54	not published
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.75	105	not published
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.75	16	not published
Booker Avenue Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.74	89	not published
Westvale Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.74	27	not published
St Cleopas' Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool	0.74	23	not published
St Hugh's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.74	19	not published
Plantation Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.74	72	0.674 miles 2021
Phoenix Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.73	26	not published
St Finbar's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.73	11	not published
St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.72	18	1.355 miles 2023
Willow Tree Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.71	21	not published
Windsor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.71	28	not published
Greenbank Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.71	58	not published
Blueberry ParkLiverpool	0.68	34	not published
Dovecot Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.65	26	not published
Park View AcademyLiverpool	0.64	45	not published
St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.63	30	not published
Lydiate Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.62	16	not published
Blackmoor Park Infants' SchoolLiverpool	0.60	85	not published
Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.55	47	1.527 miles 2020

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

41 schools. 18 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
St Edward's CollegeLiverpool	2.25	159	not published
Liverpool CollegeLiverpool	1.93	164	not published
North Liverpool AcademyLiverpool	1.87	219	not published
The Belvedere AcademyLiverpool	1.84	188	not published
St Hilda's Church of England High SchoolLiverpool	1.77	152	not published
Archbishop Beck Catholic CollegeLiverpool	1.74	187	not published
Holy Family Catholic High SchoolLiverpool	1.70	147	not published
Calderstones SchoolLiverpool	1.45	258	0.956 miles 2026
Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolLiverpool	1.39	185	not published
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolLiverpool	1.37	219	not published
Lord Derby AcademyLiverpool	1.31	217	not published
St Julie's Catholic High SchoolLiverpool	1.29	175	not published
West Derby SchoolLiverpool	1.15	174	not published
King David High SchoolLiverpool	1.14	133	not published
Maghull High SchoolLiverpool	1.13	219	3.068 miles 2026
The Blue Coat SchoolLiverpool	1.11	178	not published
Formby High SchoolLiverpool	1.10	168	not published
Chesterfield High SchoolLiverpool	1.07	305	1.858 miles 2026
Litherland High SchoolLiverpool	0.98	171	1.318 miles 2026
Childwall Sports & Science AcademyLiverpool	0.97	172	not published
Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolLiverpool	0.92	206	not published
Range High SchoolLiverpool	0.88	144	6.972 miles 2019
Kirkby High SchoolLiverpool	0.81	195	0.976 miles 2026
Notre Dame Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.81	179	not published
Deyes High SchoolLiverpool	0.80	197	4.703 miles 2025
Holly Lodge Girls' CollegeLiverpool	0.76	218	2.697 miles 2026
St Margaret's Church of England AcademyLiverpool	0.73	186	not published
Maricourt Catholic High SchoolLiverpool	0.66	182	not published
The Prescot SchoolLiverpool	0.65	202	not published
Sacred Heart Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.62	147	not published
The Academy of St Francis of AssisiLiverpool	0.58	169	not published
Gateacre SchoolLiverpool	0.55	216	not published
Dixons Croxteth AcademyLiverpool	0.49	111	not published
The Academy of St NicholasLiverpool	0.45	163	not published
King's Leadership Academy, LiverpoolLiverpool	0.44	189	not published
Alsop High SchoolLiverpool	0.43	263	not published
Bellerive FCJ Catholic CollegeLiverpool	0.42	180	not published
King's Leadership Academy WavertreeLiverpool	0.41	205	not published
St Francis Xavier's Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.41	165	not published
Dixons Fazakerley AcademyLiverpool	0.36	176	not published
Dixons Broadgreen AcademyLiverpool	0.25	195	not published