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School admissions in Knowsley

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 38 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.

Reception places, September 2026

49 schools. 15 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Malvern Primary SchoolLiverpool1.90590.306 miles 2026
Halewood Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool1.67300.275 miles 2026
Roby Park Primary SchoolKnowsley1.60300.211 miles 2026
Blacklow Brow SchoolLiverpool1.52290.387 miles 2026
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot1.4030not published
Sylvester Primary AcademyLiverpool1.30300.328 miles 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.27300.144 miles 2024
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.2544not published
St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.22270.343 miles 2026
Kirkby CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool1.20400.699 miles 2026
St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.1828not published
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.17290.125 miles 2024
Millbrook Community Primary SchoolLiverpool1.04450.826 miles 2026
St Columba's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.03300.459 miles 2026
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.02450.294 miles 2021
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & NurseryWidnes1.0027not published
Knowsley Lane Primary SchoolLiverpool1.00600.94 miles 2026
St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the CommunityPrescot1.0035not published
St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrescot1.0027not published
Stockbridge Village Primary SchoolStockbridge Village1.0019not published
Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolKnowsley0.96520.906 miles 2020
Halsnead Primary SchoolPrescot0.9624not published
St Albert's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9522not published
St Marie's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.95200.21 miles 2025
Eastcroft Park SchoolLiverpool0.93290.257 miles 2025
Park Brow Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9343not published
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot0.9327not published
St Laurence's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.92601.152 miles 2026
Whiston Willis Primary AcademyPrescot0.92591.609 miles 2026
Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision)Kirkby0.91550.586 miles 2021
Knowsley Village SchoolPrescot0.9010not published
Ravenscroft Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.90290.552 miles 2026
Cronton Church of England Primary AcademyWidnes0.8928not published
St Aloysius Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8642not published
St Luke's Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot0.8628not published
St Gabriel's CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool0.85270.92 miles 2020
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8540not published
Yew Tree Primary AcademyKnowsley0.83241.04 miles 2021
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.82400.584 miles 2020
St Mark's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.82280.142 miles 2020
St Aidan's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8126not published
Prescot Primary SchoolPrescot0.80601.449 miles 2024
Evelyn Community Primary SchoolPrescot0.79342.123 miles 2026
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant SchoolLiverpool0.75105not published
Westvale Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7427not published
Plantation Primary SchoolLiverpool0.74720.674 miles 2021
Willow Tree Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7121not published
Park View AcademyLiverpool0.6445not published
Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool0.55471.527 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

6 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
All Saints Catholic High SchoolKnowsley1.342010.359 miles 2020
Lord Derby AcademyLiverpool1.31217not published
Halewood AcademyKnowsley1.082361.509 miles 2026
Kirkby High SchoolLiverpool0.811950.976 miles 2026
The Prescot SchoolLiverpool0.65202not published
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic AcademyPrescot0.38193not 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.