Contested schools in Knowsley
These are the Knowsley schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Knowsley
Secondary schools (4)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Catholic High School | 201 | 269 | 1.34 |
| Lord Derby Academy | 217 | 284 | 1.31 |
| Halewood Academy | 236 | 256 | 1.08 |
| Kirkby High School | 195 | 158 | 0.81 |
Primary schools (22)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Primary School | 59 | 112 | 1.90 |
| Halewood Church of England Primary Academy | 30 | 50 | 1.67 |
| Roby Park Primary School | 30 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Blacklow Brow School | 29 | 44 | 1.52 |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sylvester Primary Academy | 30 | 39 | 1.30 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 44 | 55 | 1.25 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School | 27 | 33 | 1.22 |
| Kirkby CofE Primary School | 40 | 48 | 1.20 |
| St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School | 28 | 33 | 1.18 |
| St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School | 29 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Millbrook Community Primary School | 45 | 47 | 1.04 |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 45 | 46 | 1.02 |
| Knowsley Lane Primary School | 60 | 60 | 1 |
| St Marie's Catholic Primary School | 20 | 19 | — |
| Eastcroft Park School | 29 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Whiston Willis Primary Academy | 59 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Ravenscroft Community Primary School | 29 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Cronton Church of England Primary Academy | 28 | 25 | 0.89 |
| Prescot Primary School | 60 | 48 | 0.80 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.