Liverpool school admissions

For a September 2027 start, secondary applications close on 31 Oct 2026 and primary applications on 15 Jan 2027. Always confirm details on the council's own admissions page.

How to apply

Apply online through the council where you live, naming several schools in order of preference — including schools in other council areas. Every preference is considered equally against each school's admission criteria, and you're offered the highest-ranked school that can offer you a place.

Liverpool admissions page GOV.UK: School admissions

Council link checked 6 Nov 2026.

Key dates for September 2027

Secondary applications close	31 Oct 2026	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Primary (reception) applications close	15 Jan 2027	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Secondary national offer day	1 Mar 2027	1 March or next working day
Primary national offer day	16 Apr 2027	16 April or next working day

Appeals

The council hasn't published a single appeal date we've confirmed. By law you must have at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter.

Counting school days from Liverpool's term dates, 20 school days after offer day is 13 Apr 2027 (secondary) and 17 May 2027 (primary) — the earliest any deadline can be.

Source: School Admissions Code and School Admission Appeals Code (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Applications and offers by school, 2026/27

Catchment areas and admission decisions are made by the school's admissions authority (the local council or, for academies and many faith schools, the school or trust). Distances and past figures don't guarantee a place.

Secondary schools (31)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Alsop High School	263	322	113	113	1.2 per offer
Archbishop Beck Catholic College	187	729	326	180	3.9 per offer
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School	185	790	258	150	4.3 per offer
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College	180	584	75	67	3.2 per offer
Broughton Hall Catholic High School	206	495	190	167	2.4 per offer
Calderstones School	258	1308	375	225	5.1 per offer
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School	219	650	299	184	3.0 per offer
Childwall Sports & Science Academy	172	744	167	111	4.3 per offer
Dixons Broadgreen Academy	195	170	49	49	0.9 per offer
Dixons Croxteth Academy	111	147	54	54	1.3 per offer
Dixons Fazakerley Academy	176	144	64	64	0.8 per offer
Gateacre School	216	350	119	119	1.6 per offer
Holly Lodge Girls' College	218	468	165	151	2.1 per offer
King David High School	133	785	151	109	5.9 per offer
King's Leadership Academy Wavertree	205	331	85	84	1.6 per offer
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool	189	245	83	83	1.3 per offer
LIPA School	0	1	0	0	Not published
Liverpool College	164	1668	317	146	10.2 per offer
North Liverpool Academy	219	795	410	199	3.6 per offer
Notre Dame Catholic Academy	179	390	145	137	2.2 per offer
St Edward's College	159	1119	357	147	7.0 per offer
St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy	165	299	68	68	1.8 per offer
St Hilda's Church of England High School	152	1197	269	140	7.9 per offer
St John Bosco Arts College	193	423	206	169	2.2 per offer
St Julie's Catholic High School	175	483	226	153	2.8 per offer
St Margaret's Church of England Academy	186	580	136	104	3.1 per offer
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi	169	255	98	98	1.5 per offer
The Academy of St Nicholas	163	152	74	74	0.9 per offer
The Belvedere Academy	188	829	345	164	4.4 per offer
The Blue Coat School	178	398	197	167	2.2 per offer
West Derby School	174	515	200	134	3.0 per offer

Primary schools (111)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School	58	129	81	57	2.2 per offer
Anfield Road Primary School	74	106	65	65	1.4 per offer
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School	58	121	73	58	2.1 per offer
Banks Road Primary School	16	25	13	13	1.6 per offer
Barlows Primary School	47	75	36	36	1.6 per offer
Belle Vale Community Primary School	31	46	26	26	1.5 per offer
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton	60	134	61	54	2.2 per offer
Blackmoor Park Infants' School	85	132	51	50	1.6 per offer
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School	60	91	59	59	1.5 per offer
Blueberry Park	34	37	23	23	1.1 per offer
Booker Avenue Infant School	89	225	66	66	2.5 per offer
Broad Square Community Primary School	40	75	39	39	1.9 per offer
Broadgreen Primary	30	53	27	25	1.8 per offer
Childwall Church of England Primary School	60	133	62	59	2.2 per offer
Childwall Valley Primary School	23	54	21	21	2.3 per offer
Christ The King Catholic Primary School	60	141	62	54	2.4 per offer
Corinthian Community Primary School	28	39	28	25	1.4 per offer
Croxteth Community Primary School	30	49	27	27	1.6 per offer
Dovecot Primary School	26	27	17	17	1.0 per offer
Dovedale Community Primary School	120	267	117	103	2.2 per offer
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School	59	100	64	54	1.7 per offer
Faith Primary Academy	20	26	20	20	1.3 per offer
Fazakerley Primary School	57	96	55	52	1.7 per offer
Florence Melly Community Primary School	58	124	68	57	2.1 per offer
Four Oaks Community Primary School	36	56	35	35	1.6 per offer
Garston Church of England Primary School	29	47	28	28	1.6 per offer
Gilmour Primary School	73	145	66	66	2.0 per offer
Greenbank Primary School	58	121	41	41	2.1 per offer
Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School	48	69	43	43	1.4 per offer
Heygreen Primary School	30	61	36	29	2.0 per offer
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School	22	26	21	21	1.2 per offer
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	26	28	21	20	1.1 per offer
Holy Name Catholic Primary School	44	70	48	44	1.6 per offer
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School	16	22	16	16	1.4 per offer
Hunts Cross Primary School	45	52	41	41	1.2 per offer
Kensington Primary School	54	79	51	50	1.5 per offer
King David Primary School	58	122	57	54	2.1 per offer
King's Northway Primary Academy	18	28	16	16	1.6 per offer
Kingsley Community School	59	85	47	47	1.4 per offer
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School	34	55	31	31	1.6 per offer
Knotty Ash Primary School	27	73	39	24	2.7 per offer
Lawrence Community Primary School	54	64	41	41	1.2 per offer
Leamington Community Primary School	47	86	45	45	1.8 per offer
LIPA School	0	1	0	0	Not published
Lister Infant and Nursery School	50	70	50	50	1.4 per offer
Liverpool College	88	519	255	83	5.9 per offer
Longmoor Community Primary School	54	96	49	49	1.8 per offer
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School	45	57	42	42	1.3 per offer
Matthew Arnold Primary School	30	61	38	29	2.0 per offer
Middlefield Community Primary School	27	43	26	26	1.6 per offer
Monksdown Primary School	87	116	78	78	1.3 per offer
Mosspits Lane Primary School	43	119	34	34	2.8 per offer
Much Woolton Catholic Primary School	55	113	45	45	2.1 per offer
Netherley Park Primary School	17	20	15	15	1.2 per offer
New Park Primary School	51	88	46	46	1.7 per offer
Northcote Primary School	55	79	49	49	1.4 per offer
Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School	30	39	32	30	1.3 per offer
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School	21	31	20	20	1.5 per offer
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School	32	51	29	29	1.6 per offer
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School	16	26	12	12	1.6 per offer
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School	25	39	22	22	1.6 per offer
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School	60	137	71	56	2.3 per offer
Phoenix Primary School	26	40	19	19	1.5 per offer
Pleasant Street Primary School	30	58	29	25	1.9 per offer
Ranworth Square Primary School	30	45	26	26	1.5 per offer
Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery	62	86	58	58	1.4 per offer
Roscoe Primary School	20	30	19	19	1.5 per offer
Rudston Primary School	55	136	43	43	2.5 per offer
Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School	59	263	128	59	4.5 per offer
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery	19	30	15	15	1.6 per offer
Smithdown Primary School	60	157	78	54	2.6 per offer
Springwood Heath Primary School	18	24	15	15	1.3 per offer
St Ambrose Catholic Academy	17	25	15	15	1.5 per offer
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School	36	50	32	32	1.4 per offer
St Anne's Catholic Primary School	14	28	13	13	2.0 per offer
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School	30	82	26	25	2.7 per offer
St Austin's Catholic Primary School	35	73	32	32	2.1 per offer
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School	52	67	50	50	1.3 per offer
St Charles' Catholic Academy	16	33	13	13	2.1 per offer
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School	37	43	36	36	1.2 per offer
St Clare's Catholic Primary School	29	42	28	27	1.4 per offer
St Cleopas' Church of England Primary Academy	23	34	17	17	1.5 per offer
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School	20	43	18	18	2.2 per offer
St Finbar's Catholic Primary School	11	23	8	8	2.1 per offer
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School	83	117	76	75	1.4 per offer
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School	20	29	21	20	1.5 per offer
St Hugh's Catholic Primary School	19	27	14	14	1.4 per offer
St John's Catholic Primary School	56	88	55	54	1.6 per offer
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby	30	99	40	28	3.3 per offer
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School	59	100	54	54	1.7 per offer
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School	57	100	44	44	1.8 per offer
St Michael's Catholic Primary School	46	84	45	45	1.8 per offer
St Nicholas Catholic Academy	15	20	14	14	1.3 per offer
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School	71	97	64	64	1.4 per offer
St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School	60	134	65	55	2.2 per offer
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	28	57	29	27	2.0 per offer
St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School	120	237	106	91	2.0 per offer
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery	30	73	48	30	2.4 per offer
St Silas Church of England Primary School	45	98	59	43	2.2 per offer
St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary Academy	34	60	34	34	1.8 per offer
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School	30	39	25	25	1.3 per offer
St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School	55	77	50	50	1.4 per offer
Stockton Wood Community Primary School	46	57	44	44	1.2 per offer
Sudley Primary School	120	272	94	83	2.3 per offer
The Beacon Church of England Primary School	41	64	35	35	1.6 per offer
The Trinity Catholic Academy	26	29	25	25	1.1 per offer
Wavertree Church of England School	8	20	8	8	2.5 per offer
Wellesbourne Community Primary School	23	61	23	23	2.7 per offer
Whitefield Primary School	43	92	51	42	2.1 per offer
Windsor Community Primary School	28	41	20	20	1.5 per offer
Woolton Primary School	90	181	79	77	2.0 per offer

Source: DfE secondary and primary school applications and offers (Open Government Licence v3.0).

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Questions

When is the Liverpool secondary school application deadline?

31 October for a September start, set nationally by the School Admissions Code. Late applications are usually considered only after on-time ones.

How long do I have to appeal?

Admission authorities must give you at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter (usually offer day). Many councils publish a specific date — use the council's date where shown.

Does this page tell me my chance of getting a place?

No. Places depend on each school's oversubscription criteria, which change every year. Only the admissions authority decides.