Schools in Sefton[1]

Local authority district E08000014 · 112 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 191 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 52 (27%)[4]
second 20%: 29 (15%)[4]
middle 20%: 40 (21%)[4]
fourth 20%: 40 (21%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 30 (16%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	24%[4]	18%[4]	21%[4]	19%[4]	18%[4]
Employment	30%[4]	21%[4]	27%[4]	16%[4]	6%[4]
Education and skills	25%[4]	15%[4]	22%[4]	23%[4]	15%[4]
Health and disability	36%[4]	27%[4]	28%[4]	8%[4]	1%[4]
Crime	21%[4]	16%[4]	17%[4]	27%[4]	19%[4]
Housing and services	0%[4]	2%[4]	10%[4]	27%[4]	62%[4]
Living environment	23%[4]	21%[4]	23%[4]	23%[4]	11%[4]
Children in low-income families	24%[4]	17%[4]	19%[4]	20%[4]	20%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 66.6% of 123,036 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 29.9% of 232,416 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 10.8% of 232,355 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (18)

School	Ages	Headline results
Birkdale High School	11–16[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8]
Chesterfield High School	11–18[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre	11–18[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Deyes High School	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Formby High School	11–18[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Greenbank High School	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8]
Hillside High School	11–16[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8]
Holy Family Catholic High School	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes	11–16[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8]
Litherland High School	11–16[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8]
Maghull High School	11–18[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Maricourt Catholic High School	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Meols Cop High School	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8]
Range High School	11–18[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
St Michaels Church of England Academy	11–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Stanley High School	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco	11–16[2]	A8 34 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (74)

School	Ages	Headline results
Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Aintree Davenhill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
All Saints Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Bedford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Birkdale Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 30% 2024/25[10]
Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
Churchtown Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Farnborough Road Infant School	2–7[2]
Farnborough Road Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Forefield Community Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Forefield Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Freshfield Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Great Crosby Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Green Park Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Hatton Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Holy Spirit Catholic Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Hudson Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Kew Woods Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
King's Lander Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre	2–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Larkfield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Linacre Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 17% 2024/25[10]
Linaker Primary School	3–11[2]
Litherland Moss Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Lydiate Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Marshside Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Melling Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Netherton Moss Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Northway Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Norwood Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 32% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Redgate Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Shoreside Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Springwell Park Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
St George's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
St Jerome's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Monica's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
St Oswald's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 41% 2024/25[10]
St Philip's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate	3–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
St William of York Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Summerhill Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
The Grange Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 28% 2024/25[10]
Thomas Gray Primary School	2–11[2]
Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]
Ursuline Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Valewood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Waterloo Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Woodlands Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Merchant Taylors' Schools	4–19[2]	AL B- 2024/25[9]
St. Mary's College	0–18[2]	AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (15)

School	Ages	Headline results
Acre View Primary School	5–11[2]
Crosby High School	11–16[2]
Educ8 Liverpool	13–16[2]
Educ8 Southport	13–16[2]
Foundations for LIFE School	8–16[2]
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit	4–11[2]
Merefield School	3–19[2]
Newfield School	5–16[2]
Olsen House School	7–16[2]
Peterhouse School	5–19[2]
Presfield High School and Specialist College	11–19[2]
Rowan Park School	3–19[2]
SENDSCOPE	11–15[2]
The Motiv8 School	14–16[2]
Waterside Academy	11–16[2]

Nursery schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Cambridge Nursery School	2–4[2]
Crossens Nursery School	2–5[2]
Greenacre Community Nursery School	2–5[2]

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Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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