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Schools in the Liverpool local authority

Liverpool has 195 schools listed on OfferDay across 3 towns.

5 nursery schools · 116 primary schools · 31 secondary schools · 2 all-through schools · 3 sixth forms and colleges · 23 special and alternative provision schools · 9 independent schools · 6 other establishments

About schools in Liverpool

Most of the 195 schools listed in Liverpool are primary schools. Its 31 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has two all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

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
58%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 112 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
42.1
average Attainment 8 score, across the 35 schools with published results

Top schools in Liverpool

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

Primary

  1. 1 Garston Church of England Primary School 86%
  2. 2 Woolton Primary School 84%
  3. 3 Sudley Primary School 83%
  4. 4 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 83%
  5. 5 Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School 82%
  6. 6 Four Oaks Community Primary School 81%
  7. 7 Whitefield Primary School 79%
  8. 8 Barlows Primary School 78%

Secondary

  1. 1 The Blue Coat School 79.5
  2. 2 Liverpool College 55.1
  3. 3 King David High School 54.3
  4. 4 The Belvedere Academy 53.8
  5. 5 St Hilda's Church of England High School 51.8
  6. 6 St Edward's College 51.6
  7. 7 St Margaret's Church of England Academy 49.6
  8. 8 Bellerive FCJ Catholic College 47.3

Schools by town

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

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Liverpool

How many schools are in Liverpool?
OfferDay lists 195 schools in Liverpool, including 116 primary schools and 31 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Liverpool?
Every school in Liverpool 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 Liverpool?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Liverpool 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 Liverpool local authority?
OfferDay groups the Liverpool schools across three 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.