Choosing a school
Before expressing a preference for a school it is important that you understand the school's admission policy and know whether the school was oversubscribed in the previous year.
You can find admission polices and the number of applications received for each school by using our school search. You can also find out more about schools by:
- attending school open evenings.
- reading the information on school websites - use our school search to find a school.
- contacting the council's School Admissions Team.
- visiting the Department for Education website.
If you are thinking of applying to schools in other local authorities you should contact the relevant local authority for information or visit the school websites for their admission policies.
Types of school
Community schools
The local authority decides which children are admitted to the following community schools:
- Calderstones
- Gateacre
- Holly Lodge (girls)
Academies, Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools
The school governors decide which children are admitted to the following schools:
Academies
- Academy of St Nicholas
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (girls)
- Belvedere (girls)
- Blue Coat
- Childwall
- De La Salle (boys)
- Dixons Broadgreen
- Dixons Croxteth
- Dixons Fazakerley
- Liverpool College
- North Liverpool Academy
- St Edward's College
- St Francis of Assisi
- St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy (boys)
- St Margaret's C of E Academy (boys)
- West Derby (boys)
- King's Leadership Academy
Catholic schools
- Archbishop Beck
- Broughton Hall (girls)
- Cardinal Heenan (boys)
- Notre Dame
- St John Bosco (girls)
- St Julie's (girls)
Church of England schools
- Archbishop Blanch (girls)
- St Hilda's
Jewish schools
- King David