Sefton schools and Ofsted
Every state school and nursery in Sefton, 104 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 82% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 19 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.
104state schools and nurseries
82%good or betterat their last inspection
19new report cardssince November 2025
14inspections publishedin the last six months
Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.
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Latest inspections
- Meols Cop High School: new Ofsted report card 23 September
- Range High School: new Ofsted report card 17 September
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School: new Ofsted report card 9 September
- Maghull High School: new Ofsted report card 19 July
- St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School: new Ofsted report card 15 July
- St John's Church of England Primary School: new Ofsted report card 14 July
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport: new Ofsted report card 7 July
- Maricourt Catholic High School: new Ofsted report card 6 July
- Cambridge Nursery School: new Ofsted report card 5 July
- Birkdale High School: new Ofsted report card 22 June
- Bedford Primary School: new Ofsted report card 18 June
- Woodlands Primary School: new Ofsted report card 18 June
- Peterhouse School: new Ofsted report card 17 June
- All Saints Catholic Primary School: new Ofsted report card 14 June
Every school
| Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPR8 3JE | Primary | Ainsdale | Report card Apr 2026: Strong standard in 3, expected standard in 3, needs attention in 1 |
| Aintree Davenhill Primary SchoolL10 8LE | Primary | Aintree | School remains Good (2023) |
| All Saints Catholic Primary SchoolL20 4LX | Primary | Bootle | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 4, expected standard in 3 |
| Barlows Primary SchoolL9 9EH | Primary | Aintree | Good in every area (2025) |
| Bedford Primary SchoolL20 9LJ | Primary | Bootle | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 3, needs attention in 3 |
| Birkdale High SchoolPR8 3DT | Secondary | Birkdale | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 4, expected standard in 2 |
| Birkdale Primary SchoolPR8 4EL | Primary | Birkdale | School remains Good (2024) |
| Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary SchoolPR9 7BZ | Primary | High Park | Good (2023) |
| Cambridge Nursery SchoolL20 9LQ | Nursery | Bootle | Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 5 |
| Chesterfield High SchoolL23 9YB | Secondary | Ford | School remains Good (2023) |
| Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolL20 3JL | Primary | Bootle | School remains Good (2023) |
| Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentrePR8 4EX | Secondary | Birkdale | Good (2024) |
| Churchtown Primary SchoolPR9 7NN | Primary | Churchtown (PR9) | Good (2023) |
| Crosby High SchoolL23 2TH | Special | Crosby | Good in 2, requires improvement in 2 (2025) |
| Crossens Nursery SchoolPR9 8PA | Nursery | Marshside | Good (2024) |
| Deyes High SchoolL31 6DE | Secondary | Maghull | Good in 2, requires improvement in 2 (2024) |
| Dixons Fazakerley AcademyL10 1LB | Secondary | Aintree | Requires improvement (2024) |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolL21 7LX | Primary | Litherland | Improved significantly (2024) |
| Farnborough Road Infant SchoolPR8 3DF | Primary | Birkdale | School remains Good (2023) |
| Farnborough Road Junior SchoolPR8 3DF | Primary | Birkdale | School remains Good (2024) |
| Forefield Community Infant and Nursery SchoolL23 9SL | Primary | Ford | Good (2023) |
| Forefield Junior SchoolL23 9TJ | Primary | Ford | School remains Good (2021) |
| Formby High SchoolL37 3HW | Secondary | Formby | Good (2022) |
| Freshfield Primary SchoolL37 3JT | Primary | Formby | Outstanding (2024) |
| Great Crosby Catholic Primary SchoolL23 2RQ | Primary | Crosby | School remains Good (2023) |
| Green Park Primary SchoolL31 8BW | Primary | Maghull | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Greenacre Community Nursery SchoolL20 6PJ | Nursery | Litherland | School remains Good (2024) |
| Greenbank High SchoolPR8 2LT | Secondary | Birkdale | Good (2022) |
| Hatton Hill Primary SchoolL21 9NZ | Primary | Ford | Good (2023) |
| Holy Family Catholic High SchoolL23 4UL | Secondary | Thornton | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPR9 7DU | Primary | Meols Cop | Good (2024) |
| Holy Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolL10 6NJ | Primary | Aintree | Good in every area (2025) |
| Holy Spirit Catholic AcademyL30 2NR | Primary | Ford | Good in every area (2024) |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, SouthportPR9 9AZ | Primary | Southport | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Hudson Primary SchoolL31 5LE | Primary | Kennessee Green | Good (2023) |
| Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral UnitL23 1TY | Alternative provision | Thornton | Outstanding (2023) |
| Kew Woods Primary SchoolPR8 6JW | Primary | Blowick | School remains Good (2023) |
| King's Lander Primary AcademyL21 8HY | Primary | Litherland | School remains Good (2023) |
| King's Leadership Academy HawthornesL20 6AQ | Secondary | Litherland | Good (2023) |
| Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education CentrePR8 3RS | Primary | Ainsdale | Good (2024) |
| Larkfield Primary SchoolPR9 8PA | Primary | Marshside | Good (2023) |
| Linacre Primary SchoolL20 5ED | Primary | Bootle | Report card Mar 2026: Needs attention in 1, urgent improvement in 6 |
| Linaker Primary SchoolPR8 5DB | Primary | Southport | Requires improvement (2023) |
| Litherland High SchoolL21 0DB | Secondary | Ford | Good (2024) |
| Litherland Moss Primary SchoolL21 0DB | Primary | Ford | School remains Good (2023) |
| Lydiate Primary SchoolL31 2JZ | Primary | Maghull | School remains Good (2024) |
| Maghull High SchoolL31 7AW | Secondary | Kennessee Green | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3 |
| Maricourt Catholic High SchoolL31 3DZ | Secondary | Kennessee Green | Report card Jul 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Marshside Primary SchoolPR9 9XA | Primary | Marshside | Good (2023) |
| Melling Primary SchoolL31 1DA | Primary | Waddicar | School remains Good (2023) |
| Meols Cop High SchoolPR8 6JS | Secondary | Blowick | Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 5 |
| Merefield SchoolPR8 2QZ | Special | Ainsdale | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Netherton Moss Primary SchoolL30 3RU | Primary | Netherton | Good in 2, requires improvement in 2 (2025) |
| Newfield SchoolL23 4TG | Special | Thornton | School remains Good (2024) |
| Northway Primary SchoolL31 9AA | Primary | Maghull | School remains Good (2023) |
| Norwood Primary SchoolPR9 7DU | Primary | Meols Cop | School remains Good (2022) |
| Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolL37 8BZ | Primary | Formby | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolPR8 4LT | Primary | Birkdale | Not inspected since it opened in 2024 |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary SchoolL30 3SA | Primary | Netherton | Requires improvement (2022) |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary SchoolL21 0EP | Primary | Ford | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3 |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolL21 3TE | Primary | Seaforth | Good (2024) |
| Peterhouse SchoolPR9 8PA | Special | Marshside | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 5, expected standard in 2 |
| Presfield High School and Specialist CollegePR9 8PA | Special | Marshside | School remains Good (2023) |
| Range High SchoolL37 2YN | Secondary | Formby | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Redgate Community Primary SchoolL37 4EW | Primary | Formby | School remains Good (2023) |
| Rimrose Hope CofE Primary SchoolL21 1AD | Primary | Seaforth | Outstanding (2023) |
| Rowan Park SchoolL21 0DB | Special | Ford | School remains Outstanding (with concerns) (2024) |
| Sacred Heart Catholic AcademyL23 5TF | Secondary | Crosby | Requires improvement in every area (2025) |
| Shoreside Primary SchoolPR8 2QZ | Primary | Ainsdale | Good (2023) |
| Springwell Park Community Primary SchoolL20 6PG | Primary | Litherland | Good (2024) |
| St Andrews Church of England Primary School, MaghullL31 6DE | Primary | Maghull | School remains Good (2022) |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolL30 7PG | Primary | Netherton | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary SchoolL22 8QF | Primary | Waterloo | Good (2023) |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolL21 8JH | Primary | Litherland | School remains Good (2023) |
| St George's Catholic Primary SchoolL31 5PD | Primary | Kennessee Green | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolL31 2LB | Primary | Maghull | Report card Feb 2026: Strong standard in every area |
| St Jerome's Catholic Primary SchoolL37 2LX | Primary | Formby | School remains Good (2023) |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary SchoolL31 8BW | Primary | Maghull | School remains Good (2023) |
| St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPR9 8JH | Primary | Crossens | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 4 |
| St John's Church of England Primary SchoolL22 9RG | Primary | Waterloo | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolL37 2HW | Primary | Formby | Good (2024) |
| St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolL23 2TB | Primary | Crosby | School remains Good (2024) |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolL23 4UA | Primary | Thornton | Good (2024) |
| St Michaels Church of England AcademyL23 7UL | Secondary | Crosby | Inadequate (2024) |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolL23 6TS | Primary | Blundellsands | Good (2024) |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary SchoolL30 5RH | Primary | Netherton | Good (2023) |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPR9 9RR | Primary | Marshside | Good (2024) |
| St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolL21 8NZ | Primary | Litherland | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in 6, needs attention in 1 |
| St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolPR8 6SS | Primary | Meols Cop | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary SchoolL20 6ED | Primary | Litherland | Outstanding (2024) |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School, LydiateL31 0BP | Primary | Maghull | Outstanding (2024) |
| St William of York Catholic Primary SchoolL23 9XH | Primary | Thornton | School remains Good (2024) |
| Stanley High SchoolPR9 9TF | Secondary | Marshside | Requires improvement in every area (2025) |
| Summerhill Primary SchoolL31 3DT | Primary | Kennessee Green | School remains Good (2023) |
| The Grange Primary SchoolL30 0QS | Primary | Netherton | Good (2023) |
| The Salesian Academy of St John BoscoL30 2NA | Secondary | Litherland | Report card Apr 2026: Expected standard in 2, needs attention in 4 |
| Thomas Gray Primary SchoolL20 4LX | Primary | Bootle | Good (2023) |
| Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolL37 7EJ | Primary | Formby | Outstanding (2024) |
| Ursuline Catholic Primary SchoolL23 6TT | Primary | Blundellsands | School remains Good (2024) |
| Valewood Primary SchoolL23 7YG | Primary | Crosby | School remains Good (2023) |
| Waterloo Primary SchoolL22 0LD | Primary | Waterloo | School remains Good (2022) |
| Waterside AcademyL30 2QQ | Alternative provision | Ford | Inadequate (2023) |
| Westvale Primary SchoolL32 0RQ | Primary | Waddicar | Report card Feb 2026: Expected standard in 2, needs attention in 5 |
| Woodlands Primary SchoolL37 2JN | Primary | Formby | Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in every area |
How the new report cards work
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 19 Sefton report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 71 times, strong standard 27 times, needs attention 25 times, urgent improvement 6 times.
Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.
Where the figures come from
Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at L and PR postcodes and show here the ones in Sefton. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.
Schools in every area
Questions people ask
How many schools in Sefton are rated good or better?
82% of the 104 state schools and nurseries in Sefton were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.
What are Ofsted report cards?
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.
How many schools are there in Sefton?
There are 104 state-funded schools and nurseries in Sefton: 75 primary, 18 secondary, 6 special, 3 nursery, 2 alternative provision.