How many schools are in Knowsley?

OfferDay lists 63 schools in Knowsley, including 50 primary schools and seven special and alternative provision schools.

Who inspects schools in Knowsley?

Every school in Knowsley is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Knowsley?

OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Knowsley does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.

How many towns are in the Knowsley local authority?

OfferDay groups the Knowsley schools across seven towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

Schools in the Knowsley local authority

Knowsley has 63 schools listed on OfferDay across 7 towns.

50 primary schools · 6 secondary schools · 7 special and alternative provision schools

About schools in Knowsley

Most of the 63 schools listed in Knowsley are primary schools. Its six secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another seven schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25: 60%; of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 51 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25: 35.0; average Attainment 8 score, across the 8 schools with published results

Top schools in Knowsley

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

1 Blacklow Brow School 86%
2 Halewood Church of England Primary Academy 83%
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 83%
4 Malvern Primary School 80%
5 Evelyn Community Primary School 79%
6 St Aloysius Catholic Primary School 78%
7 St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School 76%
8 St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community 74%

Secondary

1 Halewood Academy 41.6
2 All Saints Catholic High School 40.6
3 Lord Derby Academy 39.9
4 The Prescot School 35.5
5 Kirkby High School 31.4
6 Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy 30.2

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Knowsley.

Common questions about schools in Knowsley

How many schools are in Knowsley?: OfferDay lists 63 schools in Knowsley, including 50 primary schools and seven special and alternative provision schools.
Who inspects schools in Knowsley?: Every school in Knowsley is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Knowsley?: OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Knowsley does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Knowsley local authority?: OfferDay groups the Knowsley schools across seven towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.