School admissions in Merseyside
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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.
Merseyside in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Merseyside first 128 times for 109 places: 1.17 first choices per place. 2 of the 3 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Allanson Street Primary School, to 0.62 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
3 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School | 1.24 | 29 | not published |
| Allanson Street Primary School | 1.22 | 59 | 0.617 miles |
| Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School | 0.95 | 21 | not published |
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.