Schools in Southport

About schools in Southport

Southport lists 32 schools, most of them primary schools. Its five secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. 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

59%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 19 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

45.7

average Attainment 8 score, across the 6 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Crossens Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools21

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Banks Methodist School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Banks St Stephen's CofE School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Birkdale Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  30%

  expected standard
• Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• Churchtown Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Farnborough Road Infant School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 7

• Farnborough Road Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Holy Family Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Kew Woods Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Larkfield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Linaker Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

• Marshside Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Norwood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Shoreside Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• St John's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• St Philip's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard

Secondary schools5

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Birkdale High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16 · Boys

  51.9

  Attainment 8
• Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 18

  41.8

  Attainment 8
• Greenbank High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls

  50.6

  Attainment 8
• Meols Cop High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.7

  Attainment 8
• Stanley High School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  40.6

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Southport Education Group

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision4

• Educ8 Southport

  Other independent special school · Ages 13 to 16

• Merefield School

  Academy special converter · Ages 3 to 19

• Peterhouse School

  Non-maintained special school · Ages 5 to 19

• Presfield High School and Specialist College

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 19

Common questions about schools in Southport

How many schools does Southport have?

OfferDay lists 32 schools in Southport, including 21 primary schools and five secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Southport?

Every school in Southport 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.

How are schools in Southport ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Southport where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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.