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Schools in Knowsley

63 schools in the Knowsley local authority.

Schools

63

Open schools

Pupils

21,739

2025–26 census

Good or better

88%

44 of 50 graded

Academic Performance

4.3

out of 10 · 63 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
5 10%
Good
39 78%
Requires improvement
4 8%
Inadequate
2 4%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade13 superseded by a report card7 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.3
Academic Performance

Averaged over 63 of 63 schools that can be scored

Pupils

21,739

pupils on roll

Boys 52%48% Girls

Ethnicity

White
89%
Asian
3%
Black
3%
Mixed
3%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
1%
Unclassified
<1%

Ethnicity from 61 of 63 schools (21,707 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
41.7%

9,051 of 21,707 pupils · 61 of 63 schools

First language not English
8.8%

1,918 of 21,707 pupils · 61 of 63 schools

Young carers
<1%

70 of 21,707 pupils · 61 of 63 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
50
Secondary
6
Special
4
PRU
1
Not recorded
2

Top primary schools in Knowsley

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Knowsley

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 63 schools in Knowsley — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Knowsley

How many schools are there in Knowsley?
Knowsley has 63 open schools — 50 primary, 6 secondary, 4 special, teaching 21,739 pupils in total.
How many schools in Knowsley are rated Good or Outstanding?
44 of the 50 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 88% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 5 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 63: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Knowsley?
4.3 out of 10, averaged across the 63 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Knowsley schools have no Ofsted rating?
13 schools in Knowsley currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Knowsley local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Knowsley covers 63 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Knowsley are eligible for free school meals?
41.7% — 9,051 of 21,707 pupils at the 61 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the North West region.