North West
Primary schools in Sefton
111 schools, 41,261 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.9.
Ofsted across Sefton
Good69
Outstanding5
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade34
77 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 34 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Sefton
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bootle | Outstanding 2024 | 90% |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School, LydiateAcademy converter | Liverpool | Outstanding 2024 | 86% |
| Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | No grade | 82% |
| Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education CentreCommunity school | Southport | Good 2024 | 81% |
| St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Southport | Good 2023 | 80% |
| Litherland Moss Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 80% |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Merseyside | No grade | 79% |
| Shoreside Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southport | Good 2023 | 79% |
| Kew Woods Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southport | Good 2023 | 79% |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bootle | Good 2022 | 77% |
| Summerhill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 76% |
| Forefield Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2021 | 76% |
| Aintree Davenhill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 73% |
| Rimrose Hope CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Liverpool | Outstanding 2023 | 73% |
| Northway Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 72% |
| Valewood Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 70% |
| Freshfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Outstanding 2024 | 69% |
| St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2024 | 69% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2024 | 69% |
| Farnborough Road Junior SchoolCommunity school | Southport | Good 2024 | 68% |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2024 | 68% |
| Redgate Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 65% |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bootle | Good 2023 | 64% |
| St John's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 63% |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 63% |
| St Andrews Church of England Primary School, MaghullAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 63% |
| St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Woodlands Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | No grade | 62% |
| St John's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Southport | Good 2022 | 62% |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | No grade | 62% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Southport | Good 2024 | 61% |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, SouthportAcademy converter | Southport | Good 2022 | 61% |
| Hatton Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 60% |
| King's Lander Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 60% |
| Hudson Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 59% |
| Melling Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 59% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southport | No grade | 58% |
| St William of York Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2024 | 57% |
| Marshside Primary SchoolCommunity school | Southport | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Larkfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Southport | Good 2023 | 56% |
| St George's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Ursuline Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2024 | 56% |
| St Jerome's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Norwood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Southport | Good 2022 | 55% |
| Holy Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | No grade | 55% |
| Churchtown Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southport | Good 2023 | 55% |
| Netherton Moss Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bootle | No grade | 53% |
| St Monica's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bootle | No grade | 53% |
| Great Crosby Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 53% |
| Waterloo Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 53% |
| Green Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | No grade | 52% |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 52% |
| All Saints Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bootle | No grade | 52% |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Formby | Good 2024 | 49% |
| Holy Spirit Catholic AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bootle | No grade | 48% |
| Lydiate Primary SchoolCommunity school | Liverpool | Good 2024 | 47% |
| Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Southport | No grade | 47% |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Select | Good 2024 | 44% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Southport | Good 2024 | 43% |
| Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Southport | Good 2023 | 42% |
| St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 41% |
| Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bootle | Good 2023 | 39% |
| Bedford Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | No grade | 38% |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bootle | Requires improvement 2022 | 32% |
| Birkdale Primary SchoolCommunity school | Southport | Good 2024 | 30% |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 29% |
| Springwell Park Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bootle | Good 2024 | 29% |
| The Grange Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bootle | Good 2023 | 28% |
| Linacre Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bootle | No grade | 17% |
| Farnborough Road Infant SchoolCommunity school | Southport | Good 2023 | — |
| Thomas Gray Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bootle | Good 2022 | — |
| Forefield Community Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2023 | — |
| Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Linaker Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southport | Requires improvement 2023 | — |