Contested schools in Liverpool
These are the Liverpool 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 Liverpool
Secondary schools (20)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Edward's College | 159 | 357 | 2.25 |
| Liverpool College | 164 | 317 | 1.93 |
| North Liverpool Academy | 219 | 410 | 1.87 |
| The Belvedere Academy | 188 | 345 | 1.84 |
| St Hilda's Church of England High School | 152 | 269 | 1.77 |
| Archbishop Beck Catholic College | 187 | 326 | 1.74 |
| Calderstones School | 258 | 375 | 1.45 |
| Archbishop Blanch CofE High School | 185 | 258 | 1.39 |
| Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School | 219 | 299 | 1.37 |
| St Julie's Catholic High School | 175 | 226 | 1.29 |
| West Derby School | 174 | 200 | 1.15 |
| King David High School | 133 | 151 | 1.14 |
| The Blue Coat School | 178 | 197 | 1.11 |
| St John Bosco Arts College | 193 | 206 | 1.07 |
| Childwall Sports & Science Academy | 172 | 167 | 0.97 |
| Broughton Hall Catholic High School | 206 | 190 | 0.92 |
| Notre Dame Catholic Academy | 179 | 145 | 0.81 |
| St Margaret's Church of England Academy | 186 | 136 | 0.73 |
| The Academy of St Francis of Assisi | 169 | 98 | 0.58 |
| Gateacre School | 216 | 119 | 0.55 |
Primary schools (46)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool College | 88 | 255 | 2.90 |
| Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School | 59 | 128 | 2.17 |
| St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery | 30 | 48 | 1.60 |
| Knotty Ash Primary School | 27 | 39 | 1.44 |
| All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 58 | 81 | 1.40 |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby | 30 | 40 | 1.33 |
| St Silas Church of England Primary School | 45 | 59 | 1.31 |
| Smithdown Primary School | 60 | 78 | 1.30 |
| Matthew Arnold Primary School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School | 58 | 73 | 1.26 |
| Heygreen Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Whitefield Primary School | 43 | 51 | 1.19 |
| Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School | 60 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Florence Melly Community Primary School | 58 | 68 | 1.17 |
| Holy Name Catholic Primary School | 44 | 48 | 1.09 |
| Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School | 59 | 64 | 1.08 |
| St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School | 60 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School | 20 | 21 | 1.05 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 28 | 29 | 1.04 |
| Childwall Church of England Primary School | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton | 60 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School | 16 | 16 | — |
| King David Primary School | 58 | 57 | 0.98 |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | 56 | 55 | 0.98 |
| Dovedale Community Primary School | 120 | 117 | 0.97 |
| Garston Church of England Primary School | 29 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Pleasant Street Primary School | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | 22 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School | 21 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Childwall Valley Primary School | 23 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School | 34 | 31 | 0.91 |
| Broadgreen Primary | 30 | 27 | 0.90 |
| New Park Primary School | 51 | 46 | 0.90 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | 20 | 18 | — |
| Northcote Primary School | 55 | 49 | 0.89 |
| St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School | 120 | 106 | 0.88 |
| Ranworth Square Primary School | 30 | 26 | 0.87 |
| The Beacon Church of England Primary School | 41 | 35 | 0.85 |
| Springwood Heath Primary School | 18 | 15 | — |
| St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School | 30 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Kingsley Community School | 59 | 47 | 0.80 |
| Rudston Primary School | 55 | 43 | 0.78 |
| Sudley Primary School | 120 | 94 | 0.78 |
| Booker Avenue Infant School | 89 | 66 | 0.74 |
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.