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School Atlas lists 74 state primary schools, 18 state secondary schools, 5 special schools, 2 alternative provision schools and 2 post-16 schools and colleges in Sefton. It also lists 12 independent schools and 65 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 46 have a religious character: 29 Roman Catholic and 17 Church of England.
Of the 92 state primary, secondary and all-through schools in Sefton, 52 hold an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade from their last graded inspection: 4 Outstanding and 48 Good.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. Since November 2025 its report cards grade each area separately; 16 of these schools have had one.
Catchment boundaries are published for schools in Sefton, but we don’t hold them yet. Distance usually decides a place.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 34 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.