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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.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Liverpool CollegeLiverpool2.9088
Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool2.1759
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool1.6030
Knotty Ash Primary SchoolLiverpool1.4427
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLiverpool1.4058
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West DerbyLiverpool1.3330
St Silas Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool1.3145
Smithdown Primary SchoolLiverpool1.3060
Matthew Arnold Primary SchoolLiverpool1.2730
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary SchoolLiverpool1.2658
Heygreen Primary SchoolLiverpool1.2030
Whitefield Primary SchoolLiverpool1.1943
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.1860
Florence Melly Community Primary SchoolLiverpool1.1758
Holy Name Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0944
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary SchoolLIVERPOOL1.0859
St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0860
Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0730
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0520
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0428
Childwall Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0360
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0360
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, WooltonLiverpool1.0260
Faith Primary AcademyLiverpool1.0020
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0016
St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary AcademyLiverpool1.0034
Wavertree Church of England SchoolLiverpool1.008
Wellesbourne Community Primary SchoolLiverpool1.0023
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9860
King David Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9858
St John's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9856
St Michael's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9846
Broad Square Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9740
Dovedale Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.97120
St Christopher's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9737
Four Oaks Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9736
Pleasant Street Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9730
Garston Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9729
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9729
Fazakerley Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9657
Middlefield Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9627
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9652
The Trinity Catholic AcademyLiverpool0.9626
Leamington Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9647
Stockton Wood Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9646
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9522
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary SchoolMerseyside0.9521
Roscoe Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9520
Kensington Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9454
Rice Lane Primary School and NurseryLiverpool0.9462
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool0.9345
St Nicholas Catholic AcademyLiverpool0.9315
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9314
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery SchoolLiverpool0.9283
St Matthew's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9259
St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9135
Childwall Valley Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9123
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9134
Hunts Cross Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9145
St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9155
Longmoor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9154
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9132
Gilmour Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9073
New Park Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9051
St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9071
Broadgreen PrimaryLiverpool0.9030
Croxteth Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9030
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolLiverpool0.9020
Monksdown Primary SchoolLiverpool0.9087
Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery SchoolLiverpool0.9048
Northcote Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8955
King's Northway Primary AcademyLiverpool0.8918
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool0.8936
St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant SchoolLiverpool0.88120
Netherley Park Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8817
St Ambrose Catholic AcademyLiverpool0.8817
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8825
Anfield Road Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8874
Woolton Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8890
Ranworth Square Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8730
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8730
The Beacon Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8541
Belle Vale Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8431
Springwood Heath Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8318
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8330
Much Woolton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8255
Banks Road Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8116
St Charles' Catholic AcademyLiverpool0.8116
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.8126
Kingsley Community SchoolLiverpool0.8059
Mosspits Lane Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7943
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool0.7919
Sudley Primary SchoolLiverpool0.78120
Rudston Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7855
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7757
Barlows Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7747
Lawrence Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7654
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7516
Booker Avenue Infant SchoolLiverpool0.7489
St Cleopas' Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool0.7423
St Hugh's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7419
Phoenix Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7326
St Finbar's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7311
Windsor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7128
Greenbank Primary SchoolLiverpool0.7158
Blueberry ParkLiverpool0.6834
Dovecot Primary SchoolLiverpool0.6526
Blackmoor Park Infants' SchoolLiverpool0.6085

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.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
St Edward's CollegeLiverpool2.25159not published
Liverpool CollegeLiverpool1.93164not published
North Liverpool AcademyLiverpool1.87219not published
The Belvedere AcademyLiverpool1.84188not published
St Hilda's Church of England High SchoolLiverpool1.77152not published
Archbishop Beck Catholic CollegeLiverpool1.74187not published
Calderstones SchoolLiverpool1.452580.956 miles 2026
Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolLiverpool1.39185not published
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolLiverpool1.37219not published
St Julie's Catholic High SchoolLiverpool1.29175not published
West Derby SchoolLiverpool1.15174not published
King David High SchoolLiverpool1.14133not published
The Blue Coat SchoolLiverpool1.11178not published
St John Bosco Arts CollegeCroxteth1.07193not published
Childwall Sports & Science AcademyLiverpool0.97172not published
Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolLiverpool0.92206not published
Notre Dame Catholic AcademyLiverpool0.81179not published
Holly Lodge Girls' CollegeLiverpool0.762182.697 miles 2026
St Margaret's Church of England AcademyLiverpool0.73186not published
The Academy of St Francis of AssisiLiverpool0.58169not published
Gateacre SchoolLiverpool0.55216not published
Dixons Croxteth AcademyLiverpool0.49111not published
The Academy of St NicholasLiverpool0.45163not published
King's Leadership Academy, LiverpoolLiverpool0.44189not published
Alsop High SchoolLiverpool0.43263not published
Bellerive FCJ Catholic CollegeLiverpool0.42180not published
King's Leadership Academy WavertreeLiverpool0.41205not published
St Francis Xavier's Catholic AcademyLiverpool0.41165not published
Dixons Fazakerley AcademyLiverpool0.36176not published
Dixons Broadgreen AcademyLiverpool0.25195not 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.