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. 2 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

108 schools. 23 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Liverpool CollegeLiverpool	2.90	88
Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	2.17	59
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool	1.60	30
Knotty Ash Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.44	27
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.40	58
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West DerbyLiverpool	1.33	30
St Silas Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.31	45
Smithdown Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.30	60
Matthew Arnold Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.27	30
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.26	58
Heygreen Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.20	30
Whitefield Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.19	43
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.18	60
Florence Melly Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.17	58
Holy Name Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.09	44
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary SchoolLIVERPOOL	1.08	59
St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.08	60
Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.07	30
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.05	20
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.04	28
Childwall Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.03	60
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.03	60
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, WooltonLiverpool	1.02	60
Faith Primary AcademyLiverpool	1.00	20
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.00	16
St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary AcademyLiverpool	1.00	34
Wavertree Church of England SchoolLiverpool	1.00	8
Wellesbourne Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	1.00	23
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	60
King David Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	58
St John's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	56
St Michael's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.98	46
Broad Square Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	40
Dovedale Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	120
St Christopher's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	37
Four Oaks Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	36
Pleasant Street Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	30
Garston Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	29
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.97	29
Fazakerley Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	57
Middlefield Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	27
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	52
The Trinity Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.96	26
Leamington Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	47
Stockton Wood Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.96	46
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.95	22
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary SchoolMerseyside	0.95	21
Roscoe Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.95	20
Kensington Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.94	54
Rice Lane Primary School and NurseryLiverpool	0.94	62
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.93	45
St Nicholas Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.93	15
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.93	14
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery SchoolLiverpool	0.92	83
St Matthew's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.92	59
St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	35
Childwall Valley Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	23
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	34
Hunts Cross Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	45
St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	55
Longmoor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	54
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.91	32
Gilmour Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	73
New Park Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	51
St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	71
Broadgreen PrimaryLiverpool	0.90	30
Croxteth Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	30
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolLiverpool	0.90	20
Monksdown Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.90	87
Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery SchoolLiverpool	0.90	48
Northcote Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.89	55
King's Northway Primary AcademyLiverpool	0.89	18
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.89	36
St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.88	120
Netherley Park Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	17
St Ambrose Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.88	17
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	25
Anfield Road Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	74
Woolton Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.88	90
Ranworth Square Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.87	30
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.87	30
The Beacon Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.85	41
Belle Vale Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.84	31
Springwood Heath Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.83	18
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.83	30
Much Woolton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.82	55
Banks Road Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	16
St Charles' Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.81	16
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.81	26
Kingsley Community SchoolLiverpool	0.80	59
Mosspits Lane Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.79	43
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool	0.79	19
Sudley Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.78	120
Rudston Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.78	55
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.77	57
Barlows Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.77	47
Lawrence Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.76	54
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.75	16
Booker Avenue Infant SchoolLiverpool	0.74	89
St Cleopas' Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool	0.74	23
St Hugh's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.74	19
Phoenix Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.73	26
St Finbar's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.73	11
Windsor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.71	28
Greenbank Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.71	58
Blueberry ParkLiverpool	0.68	34
Dovecot Primary SchoolLiverpool	0.65	26
Blackmoor Park Infants' SchoolLiverpool	0.60	85

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

30 schools. 14 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
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
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
The Blue Coat SchoolLiverpool	1.11	178	not published
St John Bosco Arts CollegeCroxteth	1.07	193	not published
Childwall Sports & Science AcademyLiverpool	0.97	172	not published
Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolLiverpool	0.92	206	not published
Notre Dame Catholic AcademyLiverpool	0.81	179	not published
Holly Lodge Girls' CollegeLiverpool	0.76	218	2.697 miles 2026
St Margaret's Church of England AcademyLiverpool	0.73	186	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