School admissions in Prescot
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 11 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.
Prescot in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Prescot first 472 times for 479 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 2 of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.61 miles (Whiston Willis Primary Academy) to 2.12 miles (Evelyn Community Primary School).
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
14 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School | 1.50 | 34 | 0.487 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | 1.40 | 30 | not published |
| St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 26 | 1.145 miles |
| St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community | 1.00 | 35 | not published |
| St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| St Ann's Church of England Primary School | 0.96 | 56 | 1.599 miles |
| Halsnead Primary School | 0.96 | 24 | not published |
| Oakdene Primary Academy | 0.93 | 29 | 1.158 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 27 | not published |
| Whiston Willis Primary Academy | 0.92 | 59 | 1.609 miles |
| Knowsley Village School | 0.90 | 10 | not published |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | 0.86 | 28 | not published |
| Prescot Primary School | 0.80 | 60 | 1.449 miles |
| Evelyn Community Primary School | 0.79 | 34 | 2.123 miles |
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.